Name: Actinomyces naeslundii corrig. Thompson and Lovestedt 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)
Category: Species
Proposed as: sp. nov.
Etymology: naes.lund’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. naeslundii, of Naeslund, named after Carl Naeslund who first described this organism in some detail, but did not give it a specific epithet
Gender: masculine
Type strain: ATCC 12104; CCUG 18310; CCUG 2238; CCUG 32832; CCUG 35333; CDC W826; CIP 103128; DSM 43013; Howell 279; JCM 8349; NCTC 10301
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene: AB618790 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Thompson L, Lovestedt SA. An Actinomyces-like organism obtained from the human mouth. Proc Staff Meet Mayo Clin 1951; 26:169-175.
IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
