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Species Nocardia restricta
Name: Nocardia restricta (Turfitt 1944) McClung 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Proactinomyces restrictus" Turfitt 1944
Etymology: re.stric’ta. L. fem. part. adj. restricta, restricted, limited
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … re-STRIK-ta, feminine
Type strain: CCUG 17758; DSM 43199; JCM 3223; LMG 7335
16S rRNA gene:
X80613
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: McClung NM. Genus Nocardia Trevisan 1889, 9. In: Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1974, p. 726-746.
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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Rhodococcus equi (Magnusson 1923) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Proactinomyces restrictus" Turfitt 1944 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists "Prescottella equi" (Magnusson 1923) Jones et al. 2013 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Prescottia equi" (Magnusson 1923) Jones et al. 2013 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Prescottella equi (Magnusson 1923) Sangal et al. 2022 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Rhodococcus equi (Magnusson 1923) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977 (Approved Lists 1980) heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Corynebacterium equi Magnusson 1923 (Approved Lists 1980) heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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⏲ According to Rainey et al. (1995), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Prescottella equi" (Magnusson 1923) Jones et al. 2013.
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 "Prescottia equi" (Magnusson 1923) Jones et al. 2013.
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 Corynebacterium equi Magnusson 1923 (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. 🇩🇪
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⏲ According to Rainey et al. (1995), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus equi (Magnusson 1923) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977 (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. 🇩🇪
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⏲ According to Rainey et al. (1995), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Prescottella equi (Magnusson 1923) Sangal et al. 2022.
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. 🇩🇪
- ❗ Nocardia restricta is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Nocardia.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 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, note = "ht". — 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 10 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
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⏲ According to Rainey et al. (1995), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Prescottella equi" (Magnusson 1923) Jones et al. 2013.
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: McClung NM. Genus Nocardia Trevisan 1889, 9. In: Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1974, p. 726-746.
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Record number: 778773
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