Rothia

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Rothia

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species cited in this file: 6
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Rothia Georg and Brown 1967, genus.
Type species: ¤ Rothia dentocariosa (Onishi 1949) Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980).
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [GEORG (L.K.) and BROWN (J.M.): Rothia, gen. nov., an aerobic genus of the family Actinomycetaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1967, 17, 79-88.]

Note: According to Collins et al. 2000, Rothia Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) is an earlier heterotypic synonym of ¤ Stomatococcus Bergan and Kocur 1982.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), HUTSON (R.A.), BÅVERUD (V.) and FALSEN (E.): Characterization of a Rothia-like organism from a mouse: description of Rothia nasimurium sp. nov. and reclassification of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus as Rothia mucilaginosa comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1247-1251.

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Rothia aeria Li et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain A1-17B = DSM 14556 = GTC 867 = JCM 11412.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB071952.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. aeria, pertaining to the air, referring to the isolation of the type strain from the air inside the Mir space station.
Reference: LI (Y.), KAWAMURA (Y.), FUJIWARA (N.), NAKA (T.), LIU (H.), HUANG (X.), KOBAYASHI (K.) and EZAKI (T.): Rothia aeria sp. nov., Rhodococcus baikonurensis sp. nov. and Arthrobacter russicus sp. nov., isolated from air in the Russian space laboratory Mir. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 827-835.
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Rothia amarae Fan et al. 2002, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain J18 = AS 4.1721 = CCUG 47294 = JCM 11375.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY043359.
Reference: FAN (Y.), JIN (Z.), TONG (J.), LI (W.), PASCIAK (M.), GAMIAN (A.), LIU (Z.) and HUANG (Y.): Rothia amarae sp. nov., from sludge of a foul water sewer. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 2257-2260.
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Note: The specific epithet amarae is a N.L. gen. n. (from Gr. n. amara, trench, conduit, channel) not a L. adj. as cited in the paper by Fan et al. 2002.

Rothia dentocariosa (Onishi 1949) Georg and Brown 1967, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17931 = CCUG 35437 = CIP 81.83 = DSM 43762 = DSM 46363 = IFO (now NBRC) 12531 = JCM 3067 = NCTC 10917 = NRRL B-8017.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: M59055.
Synonyms: "Actinomyces dentocariosus" Onishi 1949, "Nocardia dentocariosus" (sic) (Onishi 1949) Roth 1957, "Nocardia salivae" Davis and Freer 1960.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [1 ONISHI (M.): Study on the actinomyces isolated from the deeper layer of carious dentine. Journal of Dental Research, 1949, 6, 273-282. 2 GEORG (L.K.) and BROWN (J.M.): Rothia, gen. nov., an aerobic genus of the family Actinomycetaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1967, 17, 79-88.]

---> Rothia dentocariosa (Onishi 1949) Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Daneshvar et al. 2004.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17931 = CCUG 35437 = CIP 81.83 = DSM 43762 = DSM 46363 = IFO (now NBRC) 12531 = JCM 3067 = NCTC 10917 = NRRL B-8017.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: M59055.
Synonyms: "Actinomyces dentocariosus" Onishi 1949, "Nocardia dentocariosus" (sic) (Onishi 1949) Roth 1957, "Nocardia salivae" Davis and Freer 1960.
References: List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion N° 1. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 7-8. [DANESHVAR (M.I.), HOLLIS (D.G.), WEYANT (R.S.), JORDAN (J.G.), MacGREGOR (J.P.), MOREY (R.E.), WHITNEY (A.M.), BRENNER (D.J.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.), HELSEL (L.O.), RANEY (P.M.), PATEL (J.B.), LEVETT (P.N.) and BROWN (J.M.): Identification of some charcoal-black-pigmented CDC fermentative coryneform group 4 isolates as Rothia dentocariosa and some as Corynebacterium aurimucosum: proposal of Rothia dentocariosa emend. Georg and Brown 1967, Corynebacterium aurimucosum emend. Yassin et al. 2002, and Corynebacterium nigricans Shukla et al. 2003 pro synon. Corynebacterium aurimucosum. J. Clin. Microbiol., 2004, 42, 4189-4198.]
List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion N° 1 in IJSEM Online - Original article Online

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Rothia mucilaginosa (Bergan and Kocur 1982) Collins et al. 2000, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 25296 = CCM 2417 = CCUG 20962 = CIP 71.14 = DSM 20746 = IFO (now NBRC) 15673 = JCM 10910 = NCTC 10663.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X87758.
Basonym: ¤ Stomatococcus mucilaginosus (ex Migula 1900) Bergan and Kocur 1982.
Other synonym: "Micrococcus mucilaginosus" Migula 1900.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), HUTSON (R.A.), BÅVERUD (V.) and FALSEN (E.): Characterization of a Rothia-like organism from a mouse: description of Rothia nasimurium sp. nov. and reclassification of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus as Rothia mucilaginosa comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1247-1251.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Rothia nasimurium Collins et al. 2000, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CCUG 35957 = CIP 106912 = JCM 10909.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ131121.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), HUTSON (R.A.), BÅVERUD (V.) and FALSEN (E.): Characterization of a Rothia-like organism from a mouse: description of Rothia nasimurium sp. nov. and reclassification of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus as Rothia mucilaginosa comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1247-1251.
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Rothia terrae Chou et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain L-143 = BCRC 17588 = JCM 15158 = LMG 23708.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ822568.
Etymology: L. gen. n. terrae, of the earth, referring to the organism being isolated from soil.
Reference: CHOU (Y.J.), CHOU (J.H.), LIN (K.Y.), LIN (M.C.), WEI (Y.H.), ARUN (A.B.), YOUNG (C.C.) and CHEN (W.M.): Rothia terrae sp. nov., isolated from soil in Taiwan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 84-88.
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