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Species Rhodococcus aetherivorans
Name: Rhodococcus aetherivorans Goodfellow et al. 2004
Etymology: ae.the.ri’vo.rans. Gr. masc./fem. n. aithêr, ether; L. pres. part. vorans, eating, devouring; N.L. masc. part. adj. aetherivorans, devouring ether
Pronunciation, gender: … a͡e-the-RI-wo-rans, masculine
Type strain: 10bc312; DSM 44752; JCM 14343; NCIMB 13964
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF447391
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Goodfellow M, Jones AL, Maldonado LA, Salanitro J. Rhodococcus aetherivorans sp. nov., a new species that contains methyl t-butyl ether-degrading actinomycetes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:61-65. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 98. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1005-1006.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 36 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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:
Goodfellow M, Jones AL, Maldonado LA, Salanitro J. Rhodococcus aetherivorans sp. nov., a new species that contains methyl t-butyl ether-degrading actinomycetes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:61-65. 🇬🇧
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Record number: 780437
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