Name: Rhodococcus coprophilus Rowbotham and Cross 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
Etymology: co.pro’phi.lus. Gr. fem. n. kopros, dung, faeces; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. coprophilus, dung loving
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rho-do-KOK-kus ko-PRO-phi-lus, masculine
Type strain: ATCC 29080; CIP 104178; CUB 687; DSM 43347; IEGM 600; JCM 3200; LMG 5357; NBRC 100603; NCIB 11211; NCIMB 11211; NCTC 10994; NRRL B-16537; VKM Ac-571
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X80626
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Rowbotham TJ, Cross T. ROWBOTHAM (T.J.) and CROSS (T.): Ecology of Rhodococcus coprophilus sp. nov.: an aerobic nocardioform actinomycete belonging to the "rhodochrous" complex. Journal of General Microbiology 1977; 100:123-138. 
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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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.
Parent taxon: Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Rowbotham TJ, Cross T. ROWBOTHAM (T.J.) and CROSS (T.): Ecology of Rhodococcus coprophilus sp. nov.: an aerobic nocardioform actinomycete belonging to the "rhodochrous" complex. Journal of General Microbiology 1977; 100:123-138.
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