Phylogenetic Evidence for Transfer of Pentachlorophenol- Mineralizing Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus PCP-IT to the Genus Mycobacterium Briglia, Maria and Eggen, Rik I. L. and Elsas, Dirk J. Van and Vos, Willem M. De,, 44, 494-498 (1994), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-44-3-494, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= 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., language=, type=