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. — 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 60 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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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