Name: "Proactinomyces restrictus" Turfitt 1944

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: res.tric’tus. L. masc. part. adj. restrictus, short

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: CCUG 17758; DSM 43199; JCM 3223; LMG 7335

16S rRNA gene: X80613 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Turfitt GE. Microbiological Agencies in the Degradation of Steroids: I. The Cholesterol-Decomposing Organisms of Soils. J Bacteriol 1944; 47:487-493.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Rhodococcus equi (Magnusson 1923) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Prescottella equi" (Magnusson 1923) Jones et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Nocardia restricta (Turfitt 1944) McClung 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Corynebacterium equi Magnusson 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "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

• Notes:
  • ⏲ 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.
  • ⏲ 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.
  • ⏲ 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.
  • ⏲ 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.
  • ⏲ 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.
  • 😷 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". — 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.

Parent taxon: "Proactinomyces" Jensen 1931

Assigned by: Turfitt GE. Microbiological Agencies in the Degradation of Steroids: I. The Cholesterol-Decomposing Organisms of Soils. J Bacteriol 1944; 47:487-493.

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Record number: 3946