Name: Schaalia cardiffensis (Hall et al. 2003) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Actinomyces cardiffensis Hall et al. 2003

Etymology: car.dif.fen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. cardiffensis, pertaining to Cardiff, a city in Wales

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 44997; CIP 107323; DSM 15803; NCTC 14278; R10394

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ421779 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinomyces cardiffensis Hall et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Schaalia Nouioui et al. 2018

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

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Record number: 798105