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Species Nocardia calcarea
Name: Nocardia calcarea Metcalfe and Brown 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: cal.ca’re.a. N.L. fem. adj. calcarea, chalky
Type strain: ATCC 19369; DSM 43188; JCM 3191; KCTC 9077
16S rRNA gene:
X80618
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Metcalfe G, Brown ME. Nitrogen fixation by new species of Nocardia. J Gen Microbiol 1957; 17:567-572. 
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 under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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⏲ According to Rainey 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:
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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⏲ According to Rainey 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:
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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⏰ 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.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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⏲ According to Rainey 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:
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: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Metcalfe G, Brown ME. Nitrogen fixation by new species of Nocardia. J Gen Microbiol 1957; 17:567-572.
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Record number: 778698
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