Species "Mycobacterium erythropolis"
Name: "Mycobacterium erythropolis" Gray and Thornton 1928
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. polis, a city; N.L. fem. n. erythropolis, red city (nominative in apposition)
Type strain: ATCC 4277; CIP 104179; DSM 43066; HAMBI 1953; IEGM 7; IFO 15567; JCM 20419; JCM 3201; LMG 5359; N11; NBRC 15567; NCIB 9158; NCIMB 9158; NCTC 13021; NRRL B-16025; VKM Ac-858
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16S rRNA gene:
X79289
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Original publication: Gray PHH, Thornton HG. Soil bacteria that decompose certain aromatic compounds. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1928; 73:74-96.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Correct name: Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Rhodococcus baikonurensis Li et al. 2004 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Rhodococcus degradans Švec et al. 2015 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Rhodococcus enclensis Dastager et al. 2014 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Rhodococcus jialingiae Wang et al. 2010 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Rhodococcus qingshengii Xu et al. 2007 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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According to Koch et al. (1995), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Arthrobacter picolinophilus Tate and Ensign 1974 (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.
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According to Lee and Kim (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus baikonurensis Li et al. 2004.
Publication:
Lee SD, Kim IS. Rhodococcus spelaei sp. nov., isolated from a cave, and proposals that Rhodococcus biphenylivorans is a later synonym of Rhodococcus pyridinivorans, Rhodococcus qingshengii and Rhodococcus baikonurensis are later synonyms of Rhodococcus erythropolis, and Rhodococcus percolatus and Rhodococcus imtechensis are later synonyms of Rhodococcus opacus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4890.
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According to Lee and Kim (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus qingshengii Xu et al. 2007.
Publication:
Lee SD, Kim IS. Rhodococcus spelaei sp. nov., isolated from a cave, and proposals that Rhodococcus biphenylivorans is a later synonym of Rhodococcus pyridinivorans, Rhodococcus qingshengii and Rhodococcus baikonurensis are later synonyms of Rhodococcus erythropolis, and Rhodococcus percolatus and Rhodococcus imtechensis are later synonyms of Rhodococcus opacus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4890.
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According to Rainey et al. (1995), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardia calcarea Metcalfe and Brown 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes.
Publication:
Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Kroppenstedt R, Klatte S, Stackebrandt E. Polyphasic evidence for the transfer of Rhodococcus roseus to Rhodococcus rhodochrous. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:101-103.
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Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5006.
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According to Koch et al. (1995), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Arthrobacter picolinophilus Tate and Ensign 1974 (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.
Parent taxon: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Gray PHH, Thornton HG. Soil bacteria that decompose certain aromatic compounds. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1928; 73:74-96.
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Record number: 3940
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