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Taxonomic Note

Sequence analysis of 16S rRNA, gyrB and catA genes and DNA–DNA hybridization reveal that Rhodococcus jialingiae is a later synonym of Rhodococcus qingshengii

A. Táncsics, T. Benedek, M. Farkas, I. Máthé, K. Márialigeti, S. Szoboszlay, J. Kukolya, B. Kriszt

  • 1Regional University Center of Excellence, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary
  • 2Bioengineering Department, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
  • 3Department of Microbiology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
  • 4Department of Environmental Protection and Environmental Safety, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary
  • 5Department of Microbiology, Central Environmental and Food Science Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary
  • Correspondence
    András Táncsics tancsics.andras{at}kti.szie.hu

    • International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2014; 64(Pt 1):298–301 · https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.059097-0

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    Abstract

    The results of 16S rRNA, gyrB and catA gene sequence comparisons and reasserted DNA–DNA hybridization unambiguously proved that Rhodococcus jialingiae Wang et al. 2010 and Rhodococcus qingshengii Xu et al. 2007 represent a single species. On the basis of priority R. jialingiae must be considered a later synonym of R. qingshengii.

    • The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the 16S rRNA, gyrB and catA gene sequences of members of the genus Rhodococcus obtained in this study are KF790905, KF360059–KF360061, KF374690–KF374699 and KF500428–KF500438.

    Abbreviations:
    DDH
    DNA–DNA hybridization