Species Rhodococcus baikonurensis

Name: Rhodococcus baikonurensis Li et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bai.kon.ur.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. baikonurensis, of Baikonur, the town in Kazakhstan where the Mir space station was launched

Gender: masculine

Type strain: A1-22; CCM 8450; DSM 44587; GTC 1041; JCM 11411; NBRC 100611

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB071951 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li Y, Kawamura Y, Fujiwara N, Naka T, Liu H, Huang X, Kobayashi K, Ezaki T. Rothia aeria sp. nov., Rhodococcus baikonurensis sp. nov. and Arthrobacter russicus sp. nov., isolated from air in the Russian space laboratory Mir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:827-835.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycobacterium erythropolis" Gray and Thornton 1928	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Rhodococcus degradans Švec et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Rhodococcus enclensis Dastager et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Rhodococcus jialingiae Wang et al. 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Rhodococcus qingshengii Xu et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- According to Lee and Kim (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Mycobacterium erythropolis" Gray and Thornton 1928. Publication: Lee SD, Kim IS. Rhodococcus spelaei sp. nov., isolated from a cave, and proposals that Rhodococcus biphenylivorans is a later synonym of Rhodococcus pyridinivorans, Rhodococcus qingshengii and Rhodococcus baikonurensis are later synonyms of Rhodococcus erythropolis, and Rhodococcus percolatus and Rhodococcus imtechensis are later synonyms of Rhodococcus opacus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4890.
- According to Lee and Kim (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lee SD, Kim IS. Rhodococcus spelaei sp. nov., isolated from a cave, and proposals that Rhodococcus biphenylivorans is a later synonym of Rhodococcus pyridinivorans, Rhodococcus qingshengii and Rhodococcus baikonurensis are later synonyms of Rhodococcus erythropolis, and Rhodococcus percolatus and Rhodococcus imtechensis are later synonyms of Rhodococcus opacus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4890.
- Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5006.
- Rhodococcus baikonurensis is the correct name 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 Rhodococcus.

Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Li Y, Kawamura Y, Fujiwara N, Naka T, Liu H, Huang X, Kobayashi K, Ezaki T. Rothia aeria sp. nov., Rhodococcus baikonurensis sp. nov. and Arthrobacter russicus sp. nov., isolated from air in the Russian space laboratory Mir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:827-835.

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Record number: 780441

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