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Species Rhodococcus wratislaviensis
Name: Rhodococcus wratislaviensis (Goodfellow et al. 1995) Goodfellow et al. 2002
Basonym: Tsukamurella wratislaviensis Goodfellow et al. 1995
Etymology: wra.tis.la.vi.en’sis. M.L. n. wratislavia, Wroclaw, Poland; N.L. masc. adj. wratislaviensis, pertaining to Wroclaw
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wra-tis-la-wi-EN-sis, masculine
Type strain: ATCC 51786; CCUG 38518; CIP 105033; DSM 44107; JCM 9689; N805; NBRC 100605; NCIMB 13082; VKM Ac-1986
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
Z37138
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Goodfellow M, Chun J, Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM. Transfer of Tsukamurella wratislaviensis Goodfellow et a. 1995 to the genus Rhodococcus as Rhodococcus wratislaviensis comb. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:749-755. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Tsukamurella wratislaviensis Goodfellow et al. 1995 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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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.
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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.
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02309 (N = 7).
- 😷 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 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 34 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 risk group of the genus.
Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Goodfellow M, Chun J, Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM. Transfer of Tsukamurella wratislaviensis Goodfellow et a. 1995 to the genus Rhodococcus as Rhodococcus wratislaviensis comb. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:749-755. 🇬🇧
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