Species "Nocardia erythropolis"

Name: "Nocardia erythropolis" (Gray and Thornton 1928) Waksman and Henrici 1948

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Mycobacterium erythropolis" Gray and Thornton 1928

Etymology: e.ry.thro’po.lis. Gr. masc. adj. erythros, red; Gr. fem. n. polis, a city; N.L. fem. n. erythropolis, red city (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a e-ry-T^HRO-po-lis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: 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 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Sixth Edition. The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, 1948.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Nocardia calcarea Metcalfe and Brown 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Rhodococcus baikonurensis Li et al. 2004	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Mycobacterium erythropolis" Gray and Thornton 1928	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Rhodococcus enclensis Dastager et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Rhodococcus qingshengii Xu et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Rhodococcus degradans Švec et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Rhodococcus jialingiae Wang et al. 2010	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
Arthrobacter picolinophilus Tate and Ensign 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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 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. 🇰🇷
- ⏰ 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. 🇰🇷
- ⏰ 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. 🇩🇪
- 🏢 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.
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Waksman and Henrici) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Breed et al.).

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Sixth Edition. The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, 1948.

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