Name: Prescottella subtropica (Lee et al. 2019) Sangal et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodococcus subtropicus Lee et al. 2019

Etymology: sub.tro’pi.ca. N.L. fem. adj. subtropica, subtropical, indicating that the type strain was isolated from a subtropical zone

Gender: feminine

Type strain: C9-28; DSM 107559; KACC 19823

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16S rRNA gene: MK605285 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sangal V, Goodfellow M, Jones AL, Sutcliffe IC. A stable home for an equine pathogen: valid publication of the binomial Prescottella equi gen. nov., comb. nov., and reclassification of four rhodococcal species into the genus Prescottella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5551.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5681.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Rhodococcus subtropicus Lee et al. 2019

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodococcus subtropicus Lee et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Prescottella subtropica 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 Prescottella.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Prescottella Sangal et al. 2022

Assigned by: Sangal V, Goodfellow M, Jones AL, Sutcliffe IC. A stable home for an equine pathogen: valid publication of the binomial Prescottella equi gen. nov., comb. nov., and reclassification of four rhodococcal species into the genus Prescottella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5551.

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Record number: 30190