Species ***Rhodococcus* *rhodochrous***

Name: Rhodococcus rhodochrous (Zopf 1891) Tsukamura 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Staphylococcus rhodochrous" Zopf 1891

Etymology: rho.do’chro.us. N.L. masc. adj. rhodochrous, rose colored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: r^ho-do-KOK-kus r^ho-DO-k^hro-us, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 13808; CCUG 47165; CIP 104376; HAMBI 1959; IEGM 62; IFO 16069; JCM 3202; LMG 5365; NBRC 16069; NCTC 10210; NRRL B-16536; NRRL B-2149; VKM Ac-1227

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X79288 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Tsukamura M. A further numerical taxonomic study of the rhodochrous group. Jpn J Microbiol 1974; 18:37-44.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, lectotype

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Rhodococcus roseus (ex Grotenfelt 1889) Tsukamura et al. 1991	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Staphylococcus rhodochrous" Zopf 1891	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Emendations:
- Rainey et al. 1995 Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Kroppenstedt R, Klatte S, Stackebrandt E. Polyphasic evidence for the transfer of Rhodococcus roseus to Rhodococcus rhodochrous. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:101-103. 🇩🇪 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:420.
  Notes:
  - 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
- 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:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Zopf W. Über Ausscheidung von Fettfarbstoffen (Lipochromen) seitens gewisser Spaltpilze. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 1891; 9:22-28.
- ⏰ According to Rainey et al. (1995), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus roseus (ex Grotenfelt 1889) Tsukamura et al. 1991. Publication: Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Kroppenstedt R, Klatte S, Stackebrandt E. Polyphasic evidence for the transfer of Rhodococcus roseus to Rhodococcus rhodochrous. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:101-103. 🇩🇪
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 367 times 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tsukamura M. A further numerical taxonomic study of the rhodochrous group. Jpn J Microbiol 1974; 18:37-44.

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Species Rhodococcus rhodochrous

Species ***Rhodococcus* *rhodochrous***