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Subgenus Prescottella
Name: Prescottella (Sangal et al. 2022) Val-Calvo et al. 2025
Etymology: Pres.cot.tel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Prescottella, in honour of John Prescott for his pioneering research contributions into the pathogenicity and epidemiology of R. equi
Pronunciation, gender: pres-kot-TEL-la, feminine (stem: Prescottell-)
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.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Prescotella".
- 😵 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: 68167
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