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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: S͡HAA-li-a hy-o-wa-gi-NA-lis, feminine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN864535 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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 0.09342 (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 2026-06-11.
  • 🫡 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 species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Actinomyces hyovaginalis Collins et al. 1993. Publication: Collins MD, Stubbs S, Hommez J, Devriese LA. Molecular taxonomic studies of Actinomyces-like bacteria isolated from purulent lesions in pigs and description of Actinomyces hyovaginalis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:471-473. 🇬🇧 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:866.

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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