Species Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus

Name: Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus Apajalahti et al. 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chlo.ro.phe.no’li.cus. N.L. neut. n. chlorophenol, chlorophenol; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. chlorophenolicus, related to chlorophenols

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49826; CIP 104189; DSM 43826; HAMBI 2278; IEGM 559; IFO 15527; JCM 7439; NBRC 15527; NRRL B-16528; PCP-I

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16S rRNA gene: X79094 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Apajalahti JHA, Kärpänoja P, Salkinoja-Salonen MS. Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus sp. nov., a chlorophenol-mineralizing actinomycete. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:246-251.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum (Apajalahti et al. 1986) Häggblom et al. 1994

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum (Apajalahti et al. 1986) Häggblom et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum (Apajalahti et al. 1986) Briglia et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
Mycolicibacterium chlorophenolicum (Apajalahti et al. 1986) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus is the correct name instead 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.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Apajalahti JHA, Kärpänoja P, Salkinoja-Salonen MS. Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus sp. nov., a chlorophenol-mineralizing actinomycete. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:246-251.

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Record number: 780443

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