Species ***Paracoccus* *versutus***

Name: Paracoccus versutus (Harrison 1983) Katayama et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thiobacillus versutus Harrison 1983

Etymology: ver.su’tus. L. masc. adj. versutus, versatile

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa-ra-KOK-kus wer-SU-tus, masculine

Type strain: A2; ATCC 25364; CIP 107117; DSM 582; IAM 12814; IFO 14567; JCM 20754; NBRC 14567; NCCB 80062; NCCB 81078; THI O41; VKM B-2163

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y16931 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Katayama Y, Hiraishi A, Kuraishi H. Paracoccus thiocyanatus sp. nov., a new species of thiocyanate-utilizing facultative chemolithotroph, and transfer of Thiobacillus versutus to the genus Paracoccus as Paracoccus versutus comb. nov. with emendation of the genus. Microbiology (Reading) 1995; 141:1469-1477. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 57. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:625-626.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Thiobacillus versutus Harrison 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Thiobacillus rapidicrescens Katayama-Fujimura et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Emendations:
- Liu et al. 2020 Liu Y, Pei T, Zhu H. Paracoccus bengalensis is a later heterotypic synonym of Paracoccus versutu. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2049-2052. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 68 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Paracoccus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Katayama Y, Hiraishi A, Kuraishi H. Paracoccus thiocyanatus sp. nov., a new species of thiocyanate-utilizing facultative chemolithotroph, and transfer of Thiobacillus versutus to the genus Paracoccus as Paracoccus versutus comb. nov. with emendation of the genus. Microbiology (Reading) 1995; 141:1469-1477. 🇯🇵

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Species Paracoccus versutus

Species ***Paracoccus* *versutus***