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Species Amycolatopsis palatopharyngis
Name: Amycolatopsis palatopharyngis Huang et al. 2004
Etymology: pa.la.to.pha.ryn’gis. N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. palatopharyngis, of the palatopharynx
Type strain: 1BDZ; CGMCC 4.1729; DSM 44832; JCM 12460; PCM 2600
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF479268
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Huang Y, Pasciak M, Liu Z, Xie Q, Gamian A. Amycolatopsis palatopharyngis sp. nov., a potentially pathogenic actinomycete isolated from a human clinical source. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:359-363. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Amycolatopsis Lechevalier et al. 1986
Assigned by:
Huang Y, Pasciak M, Liu Z, Xie Q, Gamian A. Amycolatopsis palatopharyngis sp. nov., a potentially pathogenic actinomycete isolated from a human clinical source. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:359-363.
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Record number: 773219
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