Name: Aldersonia kunmingensis (Wang et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodococcus kunmingensis Wang et al. 2008

Etymology: kun.ming.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. kunmingensis, pertaining to Kunming, a city in Yunnan province in south-west China

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 45001; JCM 15626; KCTC 19149; YIM 45607

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ997045 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodococcus kunmingensis Wang et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Aldersonia Nouioui et al. 2018. Publication: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates within Nocardia and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Aldersonia Nouioui et al. 2018

Assigned by: 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.

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