Species Rhodococcus equi

Name: Rhodococcus equi (Magnusson 1923) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Corynebacterium equi Magnusson 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: e’qui. L. gen. masc. n. equi, of a horse

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 25729; ATCC 25729; ATCC 6939; C 7; CCUG 892; CECT 555; CIP 54.72; DSM 20307; HAMBI 2061; IFO 14956; JCM 1311; JCM 3209; LMG 18452; NBIMCC 1230; NBRC 101255; NBRC 14956; NCTC 1621; NRRL B-16538; VKM Ac-953

16S rRNA gene: AF490539 Analyse FASTA

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Goodfellow M, Alderson G. The actinomycete-genus Rhodococcus: a home for the "rhodochrous" complex. J Gen Microbiol 1977; 100:99-122.

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Record number: 780448
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