Species Arthrobacter picolinophilus

Name: Arthrobacter picolinophilus Tate and Ensign 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. acidum picolinicum, picolinic acid; N.L. masc. adj. philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. picolinophilus, loving picolinic acid, intended to mean degrading picolinic acid

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27854; DSM 20665; JCM 11573; LMG 16262

16S rRNA gene: AY017116 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Tate RL, Ensign JC. A new species of Arthrobacter which degrades picolinic acid. Can J Microbiol 1974; 20:691-694.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published
Nocardia calcarea Metcalfe and Brown 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published
"Mycobacterium erythropolis" Gray and Thornton 1928	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- According to Koch et al. (1995), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Nocardia calcarea Metcalfe and Brown 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Koch C, Klatte S, Schumann P, Burghardt J, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of Arthrobacter picolinophilus Tate and Ensign 1974 to Rhodococcus erythropolis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:576-577.
- According to Koch et al. (1995), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Mycobacterium erythropolis" Gray and Thornton 1928 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Koch C, Klatte S, Schumann P, Burghardt J, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of Arthrobacter picolinophilus Tate and Ensign 1974 to Rhodococcus erythropolis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:576-577.
- According to Koch et al. (1995), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Mycobacterium erythropolis" Gray and Thornton 1928 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Koch C, Klatte S, Schumann P, Burghardt J, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of Arthrobacter picolinophilus Tate and Ensign 1974 to Rhodococcus erythropolis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:576-577.
- According to Koch et al. (1995), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Koch C, Klatte S, Schumann P, Burghardt J, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of Arthrobacter picolinophilus Tate and Ensign 1974 to Rhodococcus erythropolis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:576-577.
- According to Koch et al. (1995), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Koch C, Klatte S, Schumann P, Burghardt J, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of Arthrobacter picolinophilus Tate and Ensign 1974 to Rhodococcus erythropolis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:576-577.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

Parent taxon: Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tate RL, Ensign JC. A new species of Arthrobacter which degrades picolinic acid. Can J Microbiol 1974; 20:691-694.

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