Name: "Prescottia" Jones et al. 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pres.cot’ti.a. N.L. fem. n. Prescottia, named after John Prescott to celebrate his many contributions towards unravelling the pathogenicity of R. equi

Gender: feminine (stem: Prescotti-)

Type species: "Prescottia equi" (Magnusson 1923) Jones et al. 2013

Original publication: Jones AL, Sutcliffe IC, Goodfellow M. Prescottia equi gen. nov., comb. nov.: a new home for an old pathogen. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:655-671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Prescottella" Jones et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, conserved name
    Rhodococcoides Val-Calvo and Vázquez-Boland 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Prescottella Sangal et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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: "Precottia".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 2; JCM: 2; NBRC: 2; IFO: 1; CIP: 1; CCUG: 1; DSM: 1; NBIMCC: 1; CECT: 1; NCTC: 1.
  • 🧍 The name "Prescottia" Jones et al. 2013 is illegitimate and replaced by the name "Prescottella" Jones et al. 2013. Publication: Jones AL, Sutcliffe IC, Goodfellow M. Proposal to replace the illegitimate genus name Prescottia Jones et al. 2013 with the genus name Prescottella gen. nov. and to replace the illegitimate combination Prescottia equi Jones et al. 2013 with Prescottella equi comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:1405-1407.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Prescottia equi" (Magnusson 1923) Jones et al. 2013	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

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

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Dott W, Martin K, Glaeser SP. Rhodococcus defluvii sp. nov., isolated from wastewater of a bioreactor and formal proposal to reclassify [Corynebacterium hoagii] and Rhodococcus equi as Rhodococcus hoagii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:755-761.

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Record number: 518326