Species Rhodococcus terrae

Name: Rhodococcus terrae (Tsukamura 1971) Tsukamura 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Gordona terrae" Tsukamura 1971

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the earth

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25594; CCUG 34959; CIP 104295; DSM 43249; JCM 3206; JCM 3229; LMG 5369; NBRC 100016; NCTC 10669; NRRL B-16283; VKM Ac-1023

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X79286 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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gordonia terrae corrig. (Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Gordona terrae" Tsukamura 1971	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Gordona terrae (Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Gordonia terrae corrig. (Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Rhodococcus terrae 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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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Record number: 780476

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