Name: Schaalia naturae (Rao et al. 2012) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Actinomyces naturae Rao et al. 2012

Etymology: na.tu’rae. L. gen. fem. n. naturae, of nature, intended to mean from the environment

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … na-TU-ra͡e, feminine

Type strain: BL-79; CCUG 56698; DSM 26713; NRRL B-24670

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ234421 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)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinomyces naturae Rao et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04803 (N = 12).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🫡 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 genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Actinomyces naturae Rao et al. 2012. Publication: Rao JU, Rash BA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS, Rainey FA, Moe WM. Actinomyces naturae sp. nov., the first Actinomyces sp. isolated from a non-human or animal source. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:155-168. 🇺🇸 Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 144. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:473-475.

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: 798649