Species Rhodococcus jialingiae

Name: Rhodococcus jialingiae Wang et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: jia.ling’i.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. jialingiae, of Jia-Ling, to honour Jia-Ling Wang, a respected Chinese microbiologist, for her enormous contributions to the development of environmental microbiology in China

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: r^ho-do-KOK-kus jia-LIN͡G-i-a͡e, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 208292; djl-6-2; DSM 45257; JCM 16906

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ185597 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang Z, Xu J, Li Y, Wang K, Wang Y, Hong Q, Li WJ, Li SP. Rhodococcus jialingiae sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from sludge of a carbendazim wastewater treatment facility. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:378-381. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1011-1012.

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)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Nocardia calcarea Metcalfe and Brown 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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
Rhodococcus enclensis Dastager et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Nocardia erythropolis" (Gray and Thornton 1928) Waksman and Henrici 1948	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
Rhodococcus qingshengii Xu et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Rhodococcus degradans Švec et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Arthrobacter picolinophilus Tate and Ensign 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Tancsics et al. (2014), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus qingshengii Xu et al. 2007. Publication: Tancsics A, Benedek T, Farkas M, Mathe I, Marialigeti K, Szoboszlay S, Kukolya J, Kriszt B. Sequence analysis of 16S rRNA, gyrB and catA genes and DNA-DNA hybridization reveal that Rhodococcus jialingiae is a later synonym of Rhodococcus qingshengii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:298-301. 🇭🇺
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The usage of the term "coherent taxon" (or equivalent) is cautioned against. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- ❗ Rhodococcus jialingiae 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 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 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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.

Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wang Z, Xu J, Li Y, Wang K, Wang Y, Hong Q, Li WJ, Li SP. Rhodococcus jialingiae sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from sludge of a carbendazim wastewater treatment facility. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:378-381. 🇨🇳

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