Name: Alloscardovia macacae Killer et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ca’cae. N.L. fem. n. Macaca, generic name of macaques; N.L. gen. fem. n. macacae, of Macaca, isolated from Macaca mulatta

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCM 7944; DSM 24762; M8

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ363617 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Killer J, Rockova S, Vlkova E, Rada V, Havlik J, Kopecny J, Bunesova V, Benada O, Kofronova O, Pechar R, et al. Alloscardovia macacae sp. nov., isolated from the milk of a macaque (Macaca mulatta), emended description of the genus Alloscardovia and proposal of Alloscardovia criceti comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4439-4446.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Alloscardovia Huys et al. 2007

Assigned by: Killer J, Rockova S, Vlkova E, Rada V, Havlik J, Kopecny J, Bunesova V, Benada O, Kofronova O, Pechar R, et al. Alloscardovia macacae sp. nov., isolated from the milk of a macaque (Macaca mulatta), emended description of the genus Alloscardovia and proposal of Alloscardovia criceti comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4439-4446.

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Record number: 791310