Species "Bacillus rubropertinctus"

Name: "Bacillus rubropertinctus" Hefferan 1904

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru.bro.per.tinc’tus. L. adj. ruber -bra -brum, red; L. prep. per, very; L. masc. perf. part. tinctus, dyed, colored; N.L. masc. adj. rubropertinctus, heavily dyed red

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus ru-bro-per-TINK-tus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 14352; CCUG 34957; CIP 104661; DSM 43197; JCM 3204; LMG 5367; N4; NBRC 101908; NCIB 9664; NCIMB 9664; VKM Ac-1016

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Original publication: Hefferan M. A comparative and experimental study of bacilli producing red pigment. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1904; 11:397-404.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Gordonia rubripertincta corrig. (Hefferan 1904) Stackebrandt et al. 1989

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Rhodococcus corallinus (Bergey et al. 1923) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Serratia corallina" Bergey et al. 1923	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Rhodococcus rubropertinctus (Hefferan 1904) Tsukamura 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Gordonia rubropertinctus (Hefferan 1904) Stackebrandt et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Gordonia rubripertincta corrig. (Hefferan 1904) Stackebrandt et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Gordona rubra" Tsukamura 1971	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
Gordona rubropertinctus (Hefferan 1904) Stackebrandt et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Gordona rubripertincta (Hefferan 1904) Stackebrandt et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Mordarski et al. (1980), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Serratia corallina" Bergey et al. 1923. Publication: Mordarski M, Goodfellow M, Kaszen I, Tkacz A, Pulverer G, Schaal KP. Deoxyribonucleic acid reassociation in the classification of the genus Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists, 1980). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:521-527. 🇬🇧
- ⏰ According to Mordarski et al. (1980), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus corallinus (Bergey et al. 1923) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Mordarski M, Goodfellow M, Kaszen I, Tkacz A, Pulverer G, Schaal KP. Deoxyribonucleic acid reassociation in the classification of the genus Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists, 1980). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:521-527. 🇬🇧
- ⏰ According to Mordarski et al. (1980), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Gordona rubra" Tsukamura 1971. Publication: Mordarski M, Goodfellow M, Kaszen I, Tkacz A, Pulverer G, Schaal KP. Deoxyribonucleic acid reassociation in the classification of the genus Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists, 1980). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:521-527. 🇬🇧
- 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: NCIMB 40816.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hefferan M. A comparative and experimental study of bacilli producing red pigment. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1904; 11:397-404.

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Species "Bacillus rubropertinctus"