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Species Rhodococcus marinonascens
Name: Rhodococcus marinonascens Helmke and Weyland 1984
Etymology: ma.ri.no.nas’cens. L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea; L. pres. part. nascens, born; N.L. masc. part. adj. marinonascens, born of the sea
Pronunciation, gender: ma-ri-no-NAS-kens, masculine
Type strain: 3438W; ATCC 35653; CIP 104177; DSM 43752; IFO 14363; JCM 6241; NBRC 14363; NRRL B-16940; VKM Ac-1182
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X80617
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Helmke E, Weyland H. Rhodococcus marinonascens sp. nov., an actinomycete from the sea. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:127-138. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2 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 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:
Helmke E, Weyland H. Rhodococcus marinonascens sp. nov., an actinomycete from the sea. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:127-138.
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Record number: 780460
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