Name: Schaalia turicensis (Wüst et al. 1995) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Actinomyces turicensis Wüst et al. 1995

Etymology: tu.ri.cen’sis. L. masc./fem. adj. turicensis, of Turicum, the Latin name for Zürich, referring to the place where the type strain had been isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: APL10; ATCC 51857; CCM 4742; CCUG 32401; CCUG 34269; CIP 105357; DSM 9168; LMG 15961; NCTC 14284

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: X78720 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 turicensis Wüst et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 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: 798126