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

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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 (and not recommended for medical use)

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. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

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