Name: Metascardovia criceti Okamoto et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cri.ce’ti. N.L. gen. masc. n. criceti, of Cricetus (the zoological genus name of the hamster), of hamster

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 17774; JCM 13493; OMB105

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB241105 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Okamoto M, Benno Y, Leung KP, Maeda N. Metascardovia criceti Gen. Nov., Sp. Nov., from hamster dental plaque. Microbiol Immunol 2007; 51:747-754.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 118. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2449-2450.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Alloscardovia criceti (Okamoto et al. 2007) Killer et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alloscardovia criceti (Okamoto et al. 2007) Killer et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Metascardovia Okamoto et al. 2007. Publication: Okamoto M, Benno Y, Leung KP, Maeda N. Metascardovia criceti Gen. Nov., Sp. Nov., from hamster dental plaque. Microbiol Immunol 2007; 51:747-754.
  • ❗ Metascardovia criceti is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Metascardovia.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Metascardovia Okamoto et al. 2007

Assigned by: Okamoto M, Benno Y, Leung KP, Maeda N. Metascardovia criceti Gen. Nov., Sp. Nov., from hamster dental plaque. Microbiol Immunol 2007; 51:747-754.

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Record number: 786875