Species ***Actinomyces* *denticolens***

Name: Actinomyces denticolens Dent and Williams 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: den.ti.co.lens. L. masc. n. dens (gen. dentis), tooth; L. inf. v. colere, to inhabit, to dwell; L. pres. part. colens, dwelling; N.L. part. adj. denticolens, tooth-dwelling

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43322; CCUG 32758; CIP 103126; DSM 20671; NCTC 11490; Sh 8/4303

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X80412 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dent VE, Williams RA. Actinomyces denticolens Dent & Williams sp. nov: a new species from the dental plaque of cattle. J Appl Bacteriol 1984; 56:183-192.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 16. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:503-504.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 13 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dent VE, Williams RA. Actinomyces denticolens Dent & Williams sp. nov: a new species from the dental plaque of cattle. J Appl Bacteriol 1984; 56:183-192.

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Species Actinomyces denticolens

Species ***Actinomyces* *denticolens***