Name: Gordonia sputi corrig. (Tsukamura and Yano 1985 ex Tsukamura 1978) Stackebrandt et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov., nom. rev.

Basonym: Rhodococcus sputi (ex Tsukamura 1978) Tsukamura and Yano 1985

Etymology: spu’ti. L. gen. neut. n. sputi, of sputum

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29627; CCUG 47138; CIP 100849; DSM 43896; IFO 16049; JCM 3228; NBRC 100414; NBRC 16049

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X80634 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stackebrandt E, Smida J, Collins MD. Evidence of phylogenetic heterogeneity within the genus Rhodococcus: revival of the genus Gordona (Tsukamura). J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 34:341-348.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 30. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:371.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gordona sputi (Tsukamura and Yano 1985 ex Tsukamura 1978) Stackebrandt et al. 1989	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Rhodococcus sputi (ex Tsukamura 1978) Tsukamura and Yano 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Tsukamura 1991 Tsukamura M. Some addenda on the species Gordona sputi (Tsukamura 1978) Stackebrandt et al. 1989, comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:569-570. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.
  • Riegel et al. 1994 Riegel P, Kamne-Fotso MV, De Briel D, Prévost G, Jehl F, Piémont Y, Monteil H. Rhodococcus chubuensis Tsukamura 1982 is a later subjective synonym of Gordona sputi (Tsukamura 1978) Stackebrandt 1989 comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:764-768. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
    • 🧍 Listed as Gordona in the notification list.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Riegel et al. (1994), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus chubuensis Tsukamura 1983 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Riegel P, Kamne-Fotso MV, De Briel D, Prévost G, Jehl F, Piémont Y, Monteil H. Rhodococcus chubuensis Tsukamura 1982 is a later subjective synonym of Gordona sputi (Tsukamura 1978) Stackebrandt 1989 comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:764-768.
  • ⏰ According to Zakrzewska-Czerwinska et al. (1988), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus obuensis Tsukamura 1983 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Zakrzewska-Czerwinska J, Mordarski M, Goodfellow M. DNA base composition and homology values in the classification of some Rhodococcus species. J Gen Microbiol 1988; 134:2807-2813.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 24 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by 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.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Gordona (sic) has been corrected by Rainey, Ward-Rainey, and Stackebrandt 1997 in Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Gordonia corrig. (ex Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Smida J, Collins MD. Evidence of phylogenetic heterogeneity within the genus Rhodococcus: revival of the genus Gordona (Tsukamura). J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 34:341-348.

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