Species ***Rhodococcus* *aerolatus***

Name: Rhodococcus aerolatus Hwang et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.e.ro.la’tus. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; L. masc. perf. part. latus, carried (also as adjective); N.L. masc. part. adj. aerolatus, airborne

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: r^ho-do-KOK-kus a-e-ro-LA-tus, masculine

Type strain: JCM 19485; KCTC 29240; PAMC 27367

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16S rRNA gene: KM044053 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hwang CY, Lee I, Cho Y, Lee YM, Baek K, Jung YJ, Yang YY, Lee T, Rhee TS, Lee HK. Rhodococcus aerolatus sp. nov., isolated from subarctic rainwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:465-471. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 😷 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 2 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 the genus.

Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hwang CY, Lee I, Cho Y, Lee YM, Baek K, Jung YJ, Yang YY, Lee T, Rhee TS, Lee HK. Rhodococcus aerolatus sp. nov., isolated from subarctic rainwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:465-471. 🇰🇷

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Species Rhodococcus aerolatus

Species ***Rhodococcus* *aerolatus***