Name: Boudabousia tangfeifanii (Meng et al. 2018) Yang et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Actinomyces tangfeifanii Meng et al. 2018

Etymology: tang.fei.fa’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. tangfeifanii, referring to Feifan Tang

Pronunciation, gender: tan͡g-fe͡i-FA-ni-i, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.7369; DSM 103436; VUL4_3

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY039943 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang C, Bai Y, Dong K, Yang J, Lai XH, Lu S, Zhang G, Cheng Y, Jin D, Zhang S, et al. Actinomyces marmotae sp. nov. and Actinomyces procaprae sp. nov. isolated from wild animals and reclassification of Actinomyces liubingyangii and Actinomyces tangfeifanii as Boudabousia liubingyangii comb. nov. and Boudabousia tangfeifanii comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinomyces tangfeifanii Meng et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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 genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Actinomyces tangfeifanii Meng et al. 2018. Publication: Meng X, Lai XH, Lu S, Liu S, Chen C, Zhou D, Yang J, Jin D, Xu J. Actinomyces tangfeifanii sp. nov., isolated from the vulture Aegypius monachus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3701-3706. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:600-601.

Parent taxon: Boudabousia Nouioui et al. 2018

Assigned by: Yang C, Bai Y, Dong K, Yang J, Lai XH, Lu S, Zhang G, Cheng Y, Jin D, Zhang S, et al. Actinomyces marmotae sp. nov. and Actinomyces procaprae sp. nov. isolated from wild animals and reclassification of Actinomyces liubingyangii and Actinomyces tangfeifanii as Boudabousia liubingyangii comb. nov. and Boudabousia tangfeifanii comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0.

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Record number: 18295