Name: Schaalia hyovaginalis (Collins et al. 1993) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Actinomyces hyovaginalis Collins et al. 1993

Etymology: hy.o.va.gi.na.lis. Gr. masc./fem. n. hŷs, pig; L. fem. n. vagina, sheath, vagina; N.L. fem. adj. hyovaginalis, pertaining to the vagina of a pig

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51367; BM 1192/5; CCUG 35604; CCUG 35715; CIP 103923; DSM 10695; NCFB 2983; NCIMB 702983

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X69616 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 hyovaginalis Collins et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07956 (N = 12).
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 0 times 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: 798114