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Is the bacterial genus name Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 illegitimate? Request for an Opinion

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Michael Goodfellow

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© 2024, Microbiology Society. All rights reserved.In 2014, it was reported that the bacterial genus name Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 was illegitimate due to the priority of the cyanobacterial genus name Rhodococcus Hansgirg 1884. Since that time, the consequences of this conclusion have been largely ignored, whilst changes have been made to relevant Rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes, including significant changes to the way in which the Code treats the names of members of Cyanobacteriota. Given the complexity of the nomenclatural issues, we request the opinion of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes as to whether the genus name Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980) is illegitimate.

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Author(s): Goodfellow M, Oren A, Sangal V, Sutcliffe IC

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Year: 2024

Volume: 74

Issue: 1

Online publication date: 25/01/2024

Acceptance date: 02/04/2018

Date deposited: 13/09/2024

ISSN (print): 1466-5026

ISSN (electronic): 1466-5034

Publisher: Microbiology Society

URL: https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.006251

DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006251

PubMed id: 38265282

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