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Species Rhodococcus kroppenstedtii
Name: Rhodococcus kroppenstedtii Mayilraj et al. 2006
Etymology: krop.pen.sted’ti.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kroppenstedtii, of Kroppenstedt, to honour Reiner Michael Kroppenstedt, a German microbiologist, for his enormous contributions to the taxonomy of actinomycetes
Pronunciation, gender: krop-pen-STED-ti-i, masculine
Type strain: DSM 44908; JCM 13011; K-07-23; MTCC 6634; NBRC 103113; NCIMB 14317
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KF410340
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Mayilraj S, Krishnamurthi S, Saha P, Saini HS. Rhodococcus kroppenstedtii sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a cold desert of the Himalayas, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:979-982. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1719-1720.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Rhodococcoides kroppenstedtii (Mayilraj et al. 2006) Val-Calvo and Vázquez-Boland 2024 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 risk group of the genus.
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🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
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:
Mayilraj S, Krishnamurthi S, Saha P, Saini HS. Rhodococcus kroppenstedtii sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a cold desert of the Himalayas, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:979-982. 🇮🇳
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Record number: 780455
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