Name: Rhodococcus qingshengii Xu et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6580; djl-6; DSM 45222; JCM 15477; KCTC 19205

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ090961 Analyse FASTA

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Mycobacterium erythropolis" Gray and Thornton 1928	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Rhodococcus baikonurensis Li et al. 2004	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodococcus degradans Švec et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodococcus enclensis Dastager et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodococcus jialingiae Wang et al. 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	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 "Mycobacterium erythropolis" 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 Rhodococcus erythropolis (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 Rhodococcus degradans 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 Rhodococcus enclensis 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 Rhodococcus jialingiae 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.
  • Rhodococcus qingshengii 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.

Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)

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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