Name: Schaalia zhouxuedongae Luo et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: zhou.xue.don’gae. N.L. gen. fem. n. zhouxuedongae, of Xuedong Zhou, Professor at West China School of Stomatology, in honour of her distinguished work in oral microbiology and dental caries pathogenesis

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: S͡HAA-li-a z͡hou-xu͡e-DON-ga͡e, feminine

Type strain: GDMCC 1.1953; KACC 22129; ZJ405

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16S rRNA gene: MT052686 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Luo W, Tao Y, Zhou J, Zhang G, Chen M, Liu Y, Pu J, Zheng H, Yang J, Xu J. Tongtianella jiaweipingae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Schaalia zhouxuedongae sp. nov., two new members of the family Actinomycetaceae, isolated from the respiratory tract of Marmota himalayana in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7142. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09099 (N = 11).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-05-14.
  • 🙆 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Schaalia Nouioui et al. 2018

Assigned by: Luo W, Tao Y, Zhou J, Zhang G, Chen M, Liu Y, Pu J, Zheng H, Yang J, Xu J. Tongtianella jiaweipingae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Schaalia zhouxuedongae sp. nov., two new members of the family Actinomycetaceae, isolated from the respiratory tract of Marmota himalayana in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7142. 🇨🇳

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