Species "Mycobacterium erythropolis"

Name: "Mycobacterium erythropolis" Gray and Thornton 1928

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: neuter

Type strains: 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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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

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published, illegitimate name
Nocardia calcarea Metcalfe and Brown 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published
Arthrobacter picolinophilus Tate and Ensign 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published

Notes:
- According to Koch et al. (1995), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Arthrobacter picolinophilus Tate and Ensign 1974 (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 an earlier heterotypic synonym of Arthrobacter picolinophilus Tate and Ensign 1974 (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 Rainey et al. (1995), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardia calcarea Metcalfe and Brown 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). 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.

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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