Effective publication:
Goodfellow M, Alderson G. The actinomycete-genus Rhodococcus: a home for the "rhodochrous" complex. J Gen Microbiol 1977; 100:99-122.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Emendations:
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.
Notes:
⏲ According to Kämpfer et al. (2014), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Bacillushoagii" Morse 1912 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes.Publication:
Kampfer P, Dott W, Martin K, Glaeser SP. Rhodococcus defluvii sp. nov., isolated from wastewater of a bioreactor and formal proposal to reclassify [Corynebacterium hoagii] and Rhodococcus equi as Rhodococcus hoagii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:755-761.
⏲ According to Kämpfer et al. (2014), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Corynebacteriumhoagii (Morse 1912) Eberson 1918 (Approved Lists 1980) but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes.Publication:
Kampfer P, Dott W, Martin K, Glaeser SP. Rhodococcus defluvii sp. nov., isolated from wastewater of a bioreactor and formal proposal to reclassify [Corynebacterium hoagii] and Rhodococcus equi as Rhodococcus hoagii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:755-761.
⏲ According to Kämpfer et al. (2014), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcushoagii (Morse 1912) Kämpfer et al. 2014 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes.Publication:
Kampfer P, Dott W, Martin K, Glaeser SP. Rhodococcus defluvii sp. nov., isolated from wastewater of a bioreactor and formal proposal to reclassify [Corynebacterium hoagii] and Rhodococcus equi as Rhodococcus hoagii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:755-761.
⏲ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Bacillushoagii" Morse 1912 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes.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.
⏲ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Corynebacteriumhoagii (Morse 1912) Eberson 1918 (Approved Lists 1980) but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes.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.
⏲ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcushoagii (Morse 1912) Kämpfer et al. 2014 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes.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.
⏰ According to Rainey et al. (1995), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Proactinomycesrestrictus" Turfitt 1944.Publication:
Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Kroppenstedt R, Klatte S, Stackebrandt E. Polyphasic evidence for the transfer of Rhodococcus roseus to Rhodococcus rhodochrous. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:101-103.
⏰ According to Rainey et al. (1995), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiarestricta (Turfitt 1944) McClung 1974 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Kroppenstedt R, Klatte S, Stackebrandt E. Polyphasic evidence for the transfer of Rhodococcus roseus to Rhodococcus rhodochrous. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:101-103.
🏢 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.
🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03057 (N = 7).
😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 1335 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
🧍 The confusing nomenclature of this species was discussed in detail by Tindall (2014).Publication:
Tindall BJ. The correct name of the taxon that contains the type strain of Rhodococcus equi. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:302-308.
🧍 This name was subject to a Request for an Opinion.Publication:
Vazquez-Boland JA, Scortti M, Meijer WG. Conservation of Rhodococcus equi (Magnusson 1923) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977 and rejection of Rhodococcus hoagii (Morse 1912) Kampfer et al. 2014. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3572-3576.
🧍 This name was subject to a Request for an Opinion in 2014.Publication:
Garrity GM. Conservation of Rhodococcus equi (Magnusson 1923) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977 and rejection of Corynebacterium hoagii (Morse 1912) Eberson 1918. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:311-312.
🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, this nomenclatural name is incorrectly cited as Rhodococcus equi (Magnusson 1923) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (sic) [1].Publication:
Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511.
🧍 The type strain ATCC 25729 = NCTC 1621 of Rhodococcus equi (Magnusson 1923) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977 (Approved Lists 1980), is the same that the type strain ATCC 6939 = NCTC 1621 of Corynebacterium equi Magnusson 1923 (Approved Lists 1980). Therefore, Rhodococcus equi (Magnusson 1923) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) is a homotypic synonym of Corynebacterium equi Magnusson 1923 (Approved Lists 1980). — 🧍 This corrigendum has been omitted from the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition) [2].Publication:
Euzéby JP. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and to the amended edition of the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:1271-1272.