Name: Prescottella Sangal et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pres.cot.tel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Prescottella, named after John Prescott to celebrate his many contributions towards unravelling the pathogenicity of Rhodococcus equi

Gender: feminine (stem: Prescottell-)

Type species: Prescottella equi (Magnusson 1923) Sangal et al. 2022

Valid publication: Sangal V, Goodfellow M, Jones AL, Sutcliffe IC. A stable home for an equine pathogen: valid publication of the binomial Prescottella equi gen. nov., comb. nov., and reclassification of four rhodococcal species into the genus Prescottella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5551.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5681.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodococcoides Val-Calvo and Vázquez-Boland 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Prescottella" Jones et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Prescottia" Jones et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Goodfellow M, Alderson G. The actinomycete-genus Rhodococcus: a home for the "rhodochrous" complex. J Gen Microbiol 1977; 100:99-122.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Prescotella".
  • ❗ Prescottella is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; JCM: 3; ATCC: 2; KCTC: 2; NBRC: 2; LMG: 2; NRRL: 1; CECT: 1; CCUG: 1; IFO: 1.
  • 🧍 Val-Calvo and Vazquez-Boland (2023) opposed the separation of Prescottella from the genus Rhodococcus,. Publication: Val-Calvo J, Vazquez-Boland JA. Mycobacteriales taxonomy using network analysis-aided, context-uniform phylogenomic approach for non-subjective genus demarcation. mBio 2023; 14:e0220723.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Prescottella agglutinans (Guo et al. 2015) Sangal et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Prescottella defluvii (Kämpfer et al. 2014) Sangal et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Prescottella equi (Magnusson 1923) Sangal et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Prescottella soli (Li et al. 2015) Sangal et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Prescottella subtropica (Lee et al. 2019) Sangal et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Nocardiaceae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sangal V, Goodfellow M, Jones AL, Sutcliffe IC. A stable home for an equine pathogen: valid publication of the binomial Prescottella equi gen. nov., comb. nov., and reclassification of four rhodococcal species into the genus Prescottella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5551.

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