Species ***Rhodococcus* *fascians***

Name: Rhodococcus fascians (Tilford 1936) Goodfellow 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Phytomonas fascians" Tilford 1936

Etymology: fas’ci.ans. L. masc. part. adj. fascians, binding together, bundling

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: r^ho-do-KOK-kus FAS-ki-ans, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12974; CFBP 2401; CGMCC 4.1817; CIP 104713; DSM 20669; ICMP 5833; IFO 12155; JCM 10002; LMG 3623; NBRC 12155; NCIMB 13432; NCPPB 3067; NRRL B-16937; VKM Ac-1462

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X79186 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Goodfellow M. Reclassification of Corynebacterium fascians (Tilford) Dowson in the genus Rhodococcus, as Rhodococcus fascians comb. nov. S yst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:225-229. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 16. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:503-504.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Rhodococcoides fascians (Tilford 1936) Val-Calvo and Vázquez-Boland 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Corynebacterium fascians (Tilford 1936) Dowson 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Rhodococcus luteus (ex Söhngen 1913) Nesterenko et al. 1982	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Phytomonas fascians" Tilford 1936	homotypic 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:
- ⏰ According to Klatte et al. (1994), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus luteus (ex Söhngen 1913) Nesterenko et al. 1982. Publication: Klatte S, Jahnke KD, Kroppenstedt RM, Rainey F, Stackebrandt E. Rhodococcus luteus is a later subjective synonym of Rhodococcus fascians. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:627-630. 🇩🇪
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PP". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p". — 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 142 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Goodfellow M. Reclassification of Corynebacterium fascians (Tilford) Dowson in the genus Rhodococcus, as Rhodococcus fascians comb. nov. S yst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:225-229. 🇬🇧

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Species Rhodococcus fascians

Species ***Rhodococcus* *fascians***