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Species Rhodococcus enclensis
Name: Rhodococcus enclensis Dastager et al. 2014
Etymology: en.clen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. enclensis, arbitrary name formed from NCL, the acronym for the National Chemical laboratory, India, where taxonomic studies on this species were performed
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … en-KLEN-sis, masculine
Type strain: DSM 45688; NCIM 5452; NIO-1009
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16S rRNA gene:
HQ858009
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Dastager SG, Mawlankar R, Tang SK, Krishnamurthi S, Ramana VV, Joseph N, Shouche YS. Rhodococcus enclensis sp. nov., a novel member of the genus Rhodococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2693-2699. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3607-3609.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Rhodococcus baikonurensis Li et al. 2004 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Mycobacterium erythropolis" Gray and Thornton 1928 heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists "Nocardia erythropolis" (Gray and Thornton 1928) Waksman and Henrici 1948 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Rhodococcus qingshengii Xu et al. 2007 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Rhodococcus jialingiae Wang et al. 2010 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Nocardia calcarea Metcalfe and Brown 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Rhodococcus degradans Švec et al. 2015 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Arthrobacter picolinophilus Tate and Ensign 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) heterotypic 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.
Notes:- 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
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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:
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⏲ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus qingshengii Xu et al. 2007.
Publication:
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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🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list.
Publication:
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.
- ❗ Rhodococcus enclensis 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02373 (N = 7).
- 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
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⏲ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus qingshengii Xu et al. 2007.
Publication:
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.
Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Dastager SG, Mawlankar R, Tang SK, Krishnamurthi S, Ramana VV, Joseph N, Shouche YS. Rhodococcus enclensis sp. nov., a novel member of the genus Rhodococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2693-2699. 🇮🇳
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Record number: 792008
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