%0 Journal Article %A Yassin, A. F. %A Spröer, C. %A Pukall, R. %A Schumann, P. %T The status of the species Actinobaculum massiliense (Greub and Raoult 2006). Request for an Opinion %D 2015 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 65 %N Pt_3 %P 1102-1103 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.000011 %I Microbiology Society, %X A recent study on members of the genus Actinobaculum revealed that cultures of the species Actinobaculum massiliense CCUG 47753T ( = DSM 19118T) currently being distributed do not conform to the properties of the type strain of A. massiliense CIP 107404T given by Greub & Raoult [Greub, G. & Raoult, D. (2002). J Clin Microbiol 40, 3938–3941]. The original strain, CIP 107404T is no longer available from the Biological Resource Center of Institut Pasteur, Paris. Based on data currently available, the organism currently deposited as CCUG 47753T and DSM 19118T is a member of the species Actinobaculum schaalii . Clearly, the organism deposited as CCUG 47753T and DSM 19118T as the type strain of the species Actinobaculum massiliense does not have the properties given by Greub & Raoult. Based on the absence of an authentic type strain, the Judicial Commission is requested to examine the status of the name Actinobaculum massiliense Greub and Raoult 2006 and to issue an Opinion. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.000011