ReviewMolecular microbiology2019
The pathogenic actinobacterium Rhodococcus equi: what's in a name?
Review in Molecular microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.
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- Metagenomic Comparison of Bat Colony Resistomes Across Anthropogenic and Pristine Habitats.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Coinfection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rhodococcus equi in advanced HIV.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2026Article
- Plasmidial virulence of Rhodococcus equi and its implications of livestock infections for human health: a possible foodborne pathogen?Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2026Review
- Leveraging the subgenus category to address monophyletic genus over-splitting: illustration with recently proposedInternational journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2025Article
- Phenotypical and molecular characterization of Rhodococcus equi isolated from foals in the Agreste region of Pernambuco - Brazil.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025Article
- Protective immune response against Rhodococcus equi: An innate immunity-focused review.Equine veterinary journal · 2025Review
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- In vitro susceptibility pattern of Rhodococcus equi isolated from patients to antimicrobials recommended exclusively to humans, to domestic animals and to both.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2025Article
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- Comparison of the efficacies ofVeterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2025Article
- Complete genome sequence of the saprophytic actinomyceteMicrobiology resource announcements · 2024Article
- Biodeterioration of polyethylene by Bacillus cereus and Rhodococcus equi isolated from soil.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2024Article
- Whole-genome sequencing and pathogenicity analysis of Rhodococcus equi isolated in horses.BMC veterinary research · 2024Article
- (Pan)genomic analysis of twoMicrobiology spectrum · 2024Article
- Transcriptional dynamics during Rhodococcus erythropolis infection with phage WC1.BMC microbiology · 2024Article
- Identification of vaccine candidates againstHeliyon · 2023Article
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Abstract
Rhodococcus equi is the only recognized animal pathogenic species within an extended genus of metabolically versatile Actinobacteria of considerable biotechnological interest. Best known as a horse pathogen, R. equi is commonly isolated from other animal species, particularly pigs and ruminants, and causes severe opportunistic infections in people. As typical in the rhodococci, R. equi niche specialization is extrachromosomally determined, via a conjugative virulence plasmid that promotes intramacrophage survival. Progress in the molecular understanding of R. equi and its recent rise as a novel paradigm of multihost adaptation has been accompanied by an unusual nomenclatural instability, with a confusing succession of names: "Prescottia equi", "Prescotella equi", Corynebacterium hoagii and Rhodococcus hoagii. This article reviews current advances in the genomics, biology and virulence of this pathogenic actinobacterium with a unique mechanism of plasmid-transferable animal host tropism. It also discusses the taxonomic and nomenclatural issues around R. equi in the light of recent phylogenomic evidence that confirms its membership as a bona fide Rhodococcus.
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