Species ***Rhodococcus* *zopfii***

Name: Rhodococcus zopfii Stoecker et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: zop’fi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. zopfii, of Zopf, named in honor of Wilhelm Friedrich Zopf, who described the bacterium Rhodococcus rhodochrous

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: r^ho-do-KOK-kus ZOP-fi-i, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51349; CIP 104275; DSM 44108; JCM 9919; NBRC 100606; NRRL B-16942; T1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF191343 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stoecker MA, Herwig RP, Staley JT. Rhodococcus zopfii sp. nov., a toxicant-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:106-110. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:372.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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:
- 😷 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 2026-08-13. 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 12 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Stoecker MA, Herwig RP, Staley JT. Rhodococcus zopfii sp. nov., a toxicant-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:106-110. 🇺🇸

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Species Rhodococcus zopfii

Species ***Rhodococcus* *zopfii***