Species Rhodococcus antarcticus

Name: Rhodococcus antarcticus Sun et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. antarcticus, of the Antarctic, the environment from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rho-do-KOK-kus ant-ARK-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: 75; CCTCC AA 2019032; KCTC 49334

16S rRNA gene: MK734056 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Sun M, Zhu B, Liu J, Qin K, Peng F. Rhodococcus antarcticus sp. nov., isolated from a till sample of Collins glacier front, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5940. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6041.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sun M, Zhu B, Liu J, Qin K, Peng F. Rhodococcus antarcticus sp. nov., isolated from a till sample of Collins glacier front, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5940. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 39151

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