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Species Rhodococcus kunmingensis
Name: Rhodococcus kunmingensis Wang et al. 2008
Etymology: kun.ming.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. kunmingensis, of or pertaining to Kunming, a city of Yunnan in south-west China
Pronunciation, gender: kun-min͡g-EN-sis, masculine
Type strain: DSM 45001; JCM 15626; KCTC 19149; YIM 45607
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
DQ997045
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Wang YX, Wang HB, Zhang YQ, Xu LH, Jiang CL, Li WJ. Rhodococcus kunmingensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from a rhizosphere soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1467-1471. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1995-1996.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Aldersonia kunmingensis (Wang et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Aldersonia kunmingensis (Wang et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Rhodococcus kunmingensis 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 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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.
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018).
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:
Wang YX, Wang HB, Zhang YQ, Xu LH, Jiang CL, Li WJ. Rhodococcus kunmingensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from a rhizosphere soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1467-1471. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 780456
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