Name: Tsukamurella wratislaviensis Goodfellow et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wra.tis.la.vi.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. wratislaviensis, of or pertaining to Wratislavia (Wroclaw, Poland)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51786; CCUG 38518; CIP 105033; DSM 44107; JCM 9689; N805; NBRC 100605; NCIMB 13082; VKM Ac-1986

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z37138 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Goodfellow M, Zakrzewska-Czerwinska J, Thomas EG, Mordarski M, Ward AC, James AL. Polyphasic taxonomic study of the genera Gordona and Tsukamurella including the description of Tsukamurella wratislaviensis sp. nov. Zentralbl Bakteriol 1991; 275:162-178.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 53. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:418-419.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhodococcus wratislaviensis (Goodfellow et al. 1995) Goodfellow et al. 2002

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodococcus wratislaviensis (Goodfellow et al. 1995) Goodfellow et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Tsukamurella wratislaviensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Tsukamurella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates with one lineage of Rhodococcus that needs to be reevaluated and reclassified". — 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species falls within the Rhodococcus genus and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 🧍 According to Kattar et al., Tsukamurella wratislaviensis Goodfellow et al. 1995 belongs to the genus Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kattar MM, Cookson BT, Carlson LD, Stiglich SK, Schwartz MA, Nguyen TT, Daza R, Wallis CK, Yarfitz SL, Coyle MB. Tsukamurella strandjordae sp. nov., a proposed new species causing sepsis. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:1467-1476.

Parent taxon: Tsukamurella Collins et al. 1988

Assigned by: Goodfellow M, Zakrzewska-Czerwinska J, Thomas EG, Mordarski M, Ward AC, James AL. Polyphasic taxonomic study of the genera Gordona and Tsukamurella including the description of Tsukamurella wratislaviensis sp. nov. Zentralbl Bakteriol 1991; 275:162-178.

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