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Taxonomy: V4.3   |  16S rRNA RefSeq: V16.03   |  Genomic RefSeq: V11.03   |  Viruses: V1.2
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Schaalia sp. HMT-172 (HMT-0172)

Bacteria;Actinomycetota;Actinomycetes;Actinomycetales;Actinomycetaceae;Schaalia sp. HMT-172

Taxon Description:
Classification:
Bracketed letters indicate
that the taxonomic name at this
level has not been established.
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  • C1 – First Unnamed Class
  • O1 – First Unnamed Order
  • F2 – Second Unnamed Family
  • G3 – Third Unnamed Genus
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Actinomycetales
Family: Actinomycetaceae
Genus: Schaalia
Species:sp. HMT-172
Bacterial Name: Schaalia sp. HMT-172
Naming Status: Unnamed
Cultivation Status: Cultivated
Body Site (or Source):
  [View in Body Sites Table] 		Primary: Oral (Abundance: high)
Note: Tongue dorsum
Reason: Metagenomic mapping data, HMP (Torres-Morales et al. 2026)
Type/Reference Strain:
Former Names or Synonyms:
Actinomyces sp. HMT-172
Class: Actinomycetia
Oral Clone CT047
Oral Clone CT068
Phylum: Actinobacteria
16S rRNA RefSeq Tree: View Taxon in RefSeq Tree
16S rRNA Reference Sequences:
     RefSeq-ID(s)
HMT-172_16S002290 Show Sequence
HMT-172_16S002312 Show Sequence
HMT-172_16S002393 Show Sequence
HMT-172_16S004723 Show Sequence

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species/Schaalia_Rothmuc_Neiss_Veill_256.png A bacterial consortium scraped from the top surface of a human tongue. The colors represent different kinds of bacteria: Schaalia in red, Rothia mucilaginosa in blue, Veillonella in magenta, Streptococcus in green, Neisseriaceae in yellow.
Image credit: Steven Wilbert.
Number of
Genome Sequences:		 6 Open Genomes in Table
Pangenome(s): No Pangenomes Available.
Microbial Ecology: Abundance/Prevalence
Proteomics:
NCBI Taxon ID: 2529408 [Link to NCBI]
LPSN.dsmz.de: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/Schaalia
PubMed Searches: Status: Unnamed
Phylogenetic Trees:
Genome Tree
Ribosomal Protein Tree
16S rRNA Gene Tree