Species Rhodococcus opacus
Name: Rhodococcus opacus Klatte et al. 1995
Etymology: o.pa.cus. L. masc. adj. opacus, shady, obscure, nontransparent
Type strain: ATCC 51881; CIP 104549; DSM 43205; IFO 16217; JCM 9703; NBRC 100624; NBRC 16217
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16S rRNA gene:
KF410349
Analyse
FASTA 
Effective publication:
Klatte S, Kroppenstedt RM, Rainey FA. Rhodococcus opacus sp. nov., an unusual nutritionally versatile Rhodococcus-species. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1994; 17:355-360. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 53. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:418-419.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Rhodococcus percolatus Briglia et al. 1996 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Rhodococcus imtechensis Ghosh et al. 2006 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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According to Lee and Kim (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus imtechensis Ghosh et al. 2006.
Publication:
Lee SD, Kim IS. Rhodococcus spelaei sp. nov., isolated from a cave, and proposals that Rhodococcus biphenylivorans is a later synonym of Rhodococcus pyridinivorans, Rhodococcus qingshengii and Rhodococcus baikonurensis are later synonyms of Rhodococcus erythropolis, and Rhodococcus percolatus and Rhodococcus imtechensis are later synonyms of Rhodococcus opacus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4890.
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According to Lee and Kim (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus percolatus Briglia et al. 1996.
Publication:
Lee SD, Kim IS. Rhodococcus spelaei sp. nov., isolated from a cave, and proposals that Rhodococcus biphenylivorans is a later synonym of Rhodococcus pyridinivorans, Rhodococcus qingshengii and Rhodococcus baikonurensis are later synonyms of Rhodococcus erythropolis, and Rhodococcus percolatus and Rhodococcus imtechensis are later synonyms of Rhodococcus opacus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4890.
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Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5006.
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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.
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Validation repeated in List No 53, IJSB 45:418.
Publication:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 53. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:418-419.
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The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 52, published 9 January 1995) [2].
Publication:
Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.
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The species Rhodococcus opacus (effective publication: Klatte et al. 1994, type strain: strain DSM 43205) appears also on the Validation List no. 53 [1]. The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 52, published 9 January 1995) [2].
Publication:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 53. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:418-419.
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According to Lee and Kim (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus imtechensis Ghosh et al. 2006.
Publication:
Lee SD, Kim IS. Rhodococcus spelaei sp. nov., isolated from a cave, and proposals that Rhodococcus biphenylivorans is a later synonym of Rhodococcus pyridinivorans, Rhodococcus qingshengii and Rhodococcus baikonurensis are later synonyms of Rhodococcus erythropolis, and Rhodococcus percolatus and Rhodococcus imtechensis are later synonyms of Rhodococcus opacus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4890.
Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Klatte S, Kroppenstedt RM, Rainey FA. Rhodococcus opacus sp. nov., an unusual nutritionally versatile Rhodococcus-species. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1994; 17:355-360.
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