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Taxonomy: V4.3   |  16S rRNA RefSeq: V16.03   |  Genomic RefSeq: V11.03   |  Viruses: V1.2
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Actinomyces viscosus (HMT-0688)

Bacteria;Actinomycetota;Actinomycetes;Actinomycetales;Actinomycetaceae;Actinomyces viscosus

Taxon Description:
Classification:
Bracketed letters indicate
that the taxonomic name at this
level has not been established.
  • Examples:
  • 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: Actinomyces
Species:viscosus
Bacterial Name: Actinomyces viscosus
Naming Status: Named
Cultivation Status: Cultivated
Body Site (or Source):
  [View in Body Sites Table] 		Primary: Oral (Abundance: low)
Note: Supragingival plaque
Reason: Metagenomic mapping data, HMP (Torres-Morales et al. 2026)
Type/Reference Strain:
Former Names or Synonyms:
Class: Actinomycetia
Phylum: Actinobacteria
16S rRNA RefSeq Tree: View Taxon in RefSeq Tree
16S rRNA Reference Sequences:
     RefSeq-ID(s)
HMT-688_16S002353 Show Sequence
HMT-688_16S004875 Show Sequence

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species/ActinoYellow_CoryneMagenta_FromMW2016FigS3.jpg Actinomyces (yellow) intermingled with Corynebacterium (magenta) in human dental plaque. From Mark Welch et al. 2016
Number of
Genome Sequences:		 3 Open Genomes in Table
Pangenome(s): No Pangenomes Available.
Microbial Ecology: Abundance/Prevalence
Proteomics:
NCBI Taxon ID: 1656 [Link to NCBI]
LPSN.dsmz.de: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/Actinomyces-viscosus
PubMed Searches:
NCBI PubMed Link
NCBI (Entrez) Nucleotide Link
NCBI (Entrez) Protein Link
Phylogenetic Trees:
Genome Tree
Ribosomal Protein Tree
16S rRNA Gene Tree
References:
[1] Ramos CP, Foster G, Collins MD. Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Actinomyces based on 16S rRNA gene sequences: description of Arcanobacterium phocae sp. nov., Arcanobacterium bernardiae comb. nov., and Arcanobacterium pyogenes com Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1997 Jan;47(1):46-53
[2] Putnins EE, Bowden GH. Antigenic relationships among oral Actinomyces isolates, Actinomyces naeslundii genospecies 1 and 2, Actinomyces howellii, Actinomyces denticolens, and Actinomyces slackii. J Dent Res. 1993 Oct;72(10):1374-85
[3] Johnson JL, Moore LV, Kaneko B, Moore WE. Actinomyces georgiae sp. nov., Actinomyces gerencseriae sp. nov., designation of two genospecies of Actinomyces naeslundii, and inclusion of A. naeslundii serotypes II and III and Actinomyces viscosus Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1990 Jul;40(3):273-86