Etymology:
qing.sheng’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n.qingshengii, of Qing-Sheng, to honour Qing-Sheng Fan, a respected Chinese microbiologist, for his enormous contributions to the development of microbiology in China
Valid publication:
Xu JL, He J, Wang ZC, Wang K, Li WJ, Tang SK, Li SP. Rhodococcus qingshengii sp. nov., a carbendazim-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2754-2757.
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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:
🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
Notes:
⏲ According to Lee and Kim (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Mycobacteriumerythropolis" Gray and Thornton 1928.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.
⏲ According to Lee and Kim (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcuserythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980).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.
⏰ According to Lee et al. (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcusdegradans Švec et al. 2015.Publication:
Lee SD, Kim IS, Kim YJ, Joung Y. Rhodococcus cavernicola sp. nov., isolated from a cave, and Rhodococcus degradans is a later heterosynonym of Rhodococcus qingshengii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4409-4415.
⏰ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcusenclensis Dastager et al. 2014.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.
⏰ According to Tancsics et al. (2014), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcusjialingiae Wang et al. 2010.Publication:
Tancsics A, Benedek T, Farkas M, Mathe I, Marialigeti K, Szoboszlay S, Kukolya J, Kriszt B. Sequence analysis of 16S rRNA, gyrB and catA genes and DNA-DNA hybridization reveal that Rhodococcus jialingiae is a later synonym of Rhodococcus qingshengii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:298-301.
🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list.Publication:
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.
🏢 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 70, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5187-5189.
🏢 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.
❗ Rhodococcusqingshengii 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.
Assigned by:
Xu JL, He J, Wang ZC, Wang K, Li WJ, Tang SK, Li SP. Rhodococcus qingshengii sp. nov., a carbendazim-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2754-2757.
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