Subgenus Rhodococcus

Name: Rhodococcus (Zopf 1891) Val-Calvo et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: subgenus, subgen. nov.

Etymology: Rho.do.coc’cus. Gr. neut. n. rhodon, the rose; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Rhodococcus, a red coccus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: r^ho-do-KOK-kus, masculine (stem: Rhodococc-)

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. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6967.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ehodococcus"; "Ilhodococcus"; "Irhodococcus"; "Ithodococcus"; "Rbodococcus"; "Rhadococcus"; "Rhcdococcus"; "Rhdococcus"; "Rhedococcus"; "Rhocdococcus"; "Rhoclococcus"; "Rhodacaccus"; "Rhodccoccus"; "Rhodecoccus"; "Rhodocaccus"; "Rhodocccus"; "Rhodoccoccus"; "Rhodoccocus"; "Rhodoccous"; "Rhodoccus"; "Rhodocnccus"; "Rhodococccus"; "Rhodococciis"; "Rhodococcirs"; "Rhodococclus"; "Rhodococcm"; "Rhodococcous"; "Rhodococctm"; "Rhodococcua"; "Rhodococeus"; "Rhodococous"; "Rhodococus"; "Rhodococuus"; "Rhodocoecus"; "Rhodocoocus"; "Rhodocuccus"; "Rhododcoccus"; "Rhododoccus"; "Rhododococcus"; "Rhodoeoecus"; "Rhodoooccus"; "Rhodovaccus"; "Rltodococcus"; "Rlwdococcus"; "Rlzodococcus"; "Rodococcus"; "Thodococcus".
  • 😵 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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.

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