Name: Tsukamurella paurometabolum (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Corynebacterium paurometabolum Steinhaus 1941 (Approved Lists 1980)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 8368; CCUG 35730; CIP 100753; DSM 20162; IFO 16120; JCM 10117; NBRC 16120; NCTC 13040; no. 33

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Valid publication: Collins MD, Smida J, Dorsch M, Stackebrandt E. Tsukamurella gen. nov. harboring Corynebacterium paurometabolum and Rhodococcus aurantiacus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:385-391.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Tsukamurella paurometabola corrig. (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tsukamurella paurometabola corrig. (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodococcus aurantiacus (ex Tsukamura and Mizuno 1971) Tsukamura and Yano 1985	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Corynebacterium paurometabolum Steinhaus 1941 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Collins et al. (1988), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus aurantiacus (ex Tsukamura and Mizuno 1971) Tsukamura and Yano 1985. Publication: Collins MD, Smida J, Dorsch M, Stackebrandt E. Tsukamurella gen. nov. harboring Corynebacterium paurometabolum and Rhodococcus aurantiacus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:385-391.
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Tsukamurella paurometabola corrig. (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988, which has a risk group (Canada) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 48:1073. Publication: Euzéby JP. Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1073-1075.

Parent taxon: Tsukamurella Collins et al. 1988

Assigned by: Collins MD, Smida J, Dorsch M, Stackebrandt E. Tsukamurella gen. nov. harboring Corynebacterium paurometabolum and Rhodococcus aurantiacus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:385-391.

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Record number: 785129