Name: Rhodococcus navarretei Carrasco et al. 2024
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
Etymology: na.var.re’te.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. navarretei, named in honour of Group Commander (AD) Eduardo Navarrete Pizarro of the Chilean Air Force (FACH), who served as Chief of the Union Glacier Station during the Joint Scientific Expedition (ECA 55) from which soil samples were obtained for the isolation of the micro-organisms used in this study. Sadly, he died in the crash of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft in the Drake Passage on 9 December 2019
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rho-do-KOK-kus na-war-RE-te-i, masculine
Type strain: EXRC-4A-4; LMG 33621; RGM 3539
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
OR789622
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Carrasco V, Vargas-Reyes M, Lagos-Moraga S, Dietz-Vargas C, Allendes-Ormazabal D, Meza-Inzunza J, Rojas-Morales F, Duran-Villegas S, Valenzuela-Ibaceta F, Cabrera MA, et al. Rhodococcus navarretei sp. nov. and Pseudarthrobacter quantipunctorum sp. nov., two novel species with the ability to biosynthesize fluorescent nanoparticles, isolated from soil samples at Union Glacier, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6536. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6588.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
| Name | Kind |
|---|---|
| Rhodococcoides navarretei (Carrasco et al. 2024) Val-Calvo et al. 2025 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Carrasco V, Vargas-Reyes M, Lagos-Moraga S, Dietz-Vargas C, Allendes-Ormazabal D, Meza-Inzunza J, Rojas-Morales F, Duran-Villegas S, Valenzuela-Ibaceta F, Cabrera MA, et al. Rhodococcus navarretei sp. nov. and Pseudarthrobacter quantipunctorum sp. nov., two novel species with the ability to biosynthesize fluorescent nanoparticles, isolated from soil samples at Union Glacier, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6536. 🇨🇱
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