Name: Rothia Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ro’thi.a. N.L. fem. n. Rothia, named for Genevieve D. Roth, who performed basic studies with these organisms

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Rothi-), RO-t^hi-a

Type species: Rothia dentocariosa corrig. (Onishi 1949) Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Georg LK, Brown JM. Rothia, gen. nov., an aerobic genus of the family Actinomycetaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1967; 17:79-88.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Stomatococcus Bergan and Kocur 1982	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Actinobacteria" Goodfellow and Williams 1983. Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of actinomycetes. Annu Rev Microbiol 1983; 37:189-216.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Onishi M. Study on the actinomyces isolated from the deeper layer of carious dentine. Journal of Dental Research 1949; 6:273-282.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Roth GD. Proteolytic organisms of the carious lesion. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1957; 10:1105-1117.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rofhia"; "Roihia"; "Rotbia"; "Rothio"; "Rothla".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Xiong et al. (2013). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 17; JCM: 11; CCUG: 6; LMG: 5; CIP: 5; ATCC: 4; KCTC: 4; NBRC: 4; NCTC: 4; IFO: 4.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 According to Shipunov (2011), this name is a hemihomonym. See Rothia O. Varol and M.H. Girgis, 1994 (Chromista); Borkh. 1792 (Plantae); Lam. 1792 (Plantae); Westwood, 1877 (Animalia); Schreb. 1791 (Plantae); Pers. 1807 (Plantae). Publication: Shipunov A. The problem of hemihomonyms and the on-line hemihomonyms database (HHDB). Bionomina 2011; 4:65-72.
  • 🧍 Rothia Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) is a later homonym of a genus name with standing in the botanical (plant) nomenclature: Rothia Pers. 1807. Rothia Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) is also a later homonym of a genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Rothia Westwood, 1877. Principle 2 of the 2008 Code is not retroactive, so the name does not contravene the Code because of this homonymy. — Crook M. Personal communication, 2021-08-19.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ROTH" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 13
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 20

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Rothia aeria Li et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rothia aerolata Kämpfer et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rothia amarae Fan et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Rothia arfidiae" Ko et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Rothia avicola" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Rothia avistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Rothia dentocariosa corrig. (Onishi 1949) Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rothia dentocariosus (Onishi 1949) Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Rothia endophytica Xiong et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rothia halotolerans (Tang et al. 2009) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rothia koreensis (Park et al. 2010) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rothia kristinae (Kloos et al. 1974) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Rothia marina" Liu et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name
    Rothia mucilaginosa (Bergan and Kocur 1982 ex Migula 1900) Collins et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rothia nasimurium Collins et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Rothia nasisuis" Schlattmann et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
    "Rothia santali" Tuikhar et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Rothia terrae Chou et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rothia uropygialis (Braun et al. 2018) Ghodhbane-Gtari et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rothia uropygioeca (Braun et al. 2018) Ghodhbane-Gtari et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491. 🇩🇪

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