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Species Rhodococcus corynebacterioides
Name: Rhodococcus corynebacterioides (Serrano et al. 1972) Yassin and Schaal 2005
Basonym: Nocardia corynebacterioides Serrano et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: co.ry.ne.bac.te.ri.o.i’des. N.L. neut. n. Corynebacterium, bacterial genus name; L. adj. suff. -oides, similar to; N.L. masc. adj. corynebacterioides, similar to Corynebacterium
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ko-ry-ne-bak-te-ri-o-I-des, masculine
Type strain: ATCC 14898; CCUG 37877; CECT 420; CIP 104510; DSM 20151; IFO 14404; JCM 3376; JCM 3391; NBRC 14404; NCIB 9433; NCIMB 9433; NRRL B-24037
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF430066
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Yassin AF, Schaal KP. Reclassification of Nocardia corynebacterioides Serrano et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) as Rhodococcus corynebacterioides comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1345-1348. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Nocardia corynebacterioides Serrano et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Rhodococcoides corynebacterioides (Serrano et al. 1972) Val-Calvo and Vázquez-Boland 2024 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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Nouioui et al. 2018
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
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Nouioui et al. 2018
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
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Notes:
- 😷 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 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 14 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Yassin AF, Schaal KP. Reclassification of Nocardia corynebacterioides Serrano et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) as Rhodococcus corynebacterioides comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1345-1348. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 780447
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