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Subgenus Pararhodococcus
Name: Pararhodococcus Val-Calvo et al. 2025
Etymology: Pa.ra.rho.do.coc’cus. Gr. prep. para, beside, next to; N.L. masc. n. Rhodococcus, a genus name; N.L. masc. n. Pararhodococcus, near Rhodococcus
Pronunciation, gender: pa-ra-rho-do-KOK-kus, masculine (stem: Pararhodococc-)
Valid publication:
Val-Calvo J, Scortti M, Goker M, Vazquez-Boland JA. Leveraging the subgenus category to address monophyletic genus over-splitting: illustration with recently proposed Mycobacteriales genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6917. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Val-Calvo et al. (2025) assigned this subgenus to the genus Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Val-Calvo J, Scortti M, Goker M, Vazquez-Boland JA. Leveraging the subgenus category to address monophyletic genus over-splitting: illustration with recently proposed Mycobacteriales genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6917.
- 😵 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.
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🧕 Val-Calvo et al. (2025) assigned this subgenus to the genus Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Val-Calvo J, Scortti M, Goker M, Vazquez-Boland JA. Leveraging the subgenus category to address monophyletic genus over-splitting: illustration with recently proposed Mycobacteriales genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6917.
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Record number: 67570
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