Species ***Rhodococcus* *phenolicus***

Name: Rhodococcus phenolicus Rehfuss and Urban 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phe.no’li.cus. N.L. neut. n. phenol, common name for industrial solvent hydroxybenzene; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. phenolicus, pertaing to phenol

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: r^ho-do-KOK-kus p^he-NO-li-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 44812; G2P; JCM 14914; NRRL B-24323

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF410354 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rehfuss M, Urban J. Rhodococcus phenolicus sp. nov., a novel bioprocessor isolated actinomycete with the ability to degrade chlorobenzene, dichlorobenzene and phenol as sole carbon sources. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:695-701. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 108. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:499-500.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 In the effective publication, the type strain NRRL B-24323 is erroneously cited as NRL B-24343 (abstract) or as B-24343 (protologue). Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 108. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:499-500.
- 🧍 In the effective publication, the type strain NRRL B-24323 is erroneously cited as NRL B-24343 (summary) or as B-24343 (protologue). Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 110. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1459-1460.

Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Rehfuss M, Urban J. Rhodococcus phenolicus sp. nov., a novel bioprocessor isolated actinomycete with the ability to degrade chlorobenzene, dichlorobenzene and phenol as sole carbon sources. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:695-701. 🇺🇸

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Species Rhodococcus phenolicus

Species ***Rhodococcus* *phenolicus***