%0 Journal Article %A Briglia, Maria %A Eggen, Rik I. L. %A Elsas, Dirk J. Van %A Vos, Willem M. De %T Phylogenetic Evidence for Transfer of Pentachlorophenol- Mineralizing Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus PCP-IT to the Genus Mycobacterium %D 1994 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 44 %N 3 %P 494-498 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-44-3-494 %I Microbiology Society, %X Abstract We determined the nucleotide sequence of a 16S rRNA gene of Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus PCP-IT (= DSM 43826T) (T = type strain). Sequence comparisons revealed that there was a close relationship between strain PCP-IT and strains belonging to the genus Mycobacterium. The sequence data were used to construct a phylogenetic tree, which showed that Mycobacterium chubuense is the closest relative of strain PCP-IT. We propose that strain PCP-IT should be transferred to the genus Mycobacterium and renamed Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum PCP-IT comb. nov. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-44-3-494