Rhodococcus equi (Magnusson, 1923) Goodfellow & Alderson, 1977 Dataset Catalogue of Life Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Bacteria phylum Actinobacteria order Actinomycetales family Nocardiaceae genus Rhodococcus species Rhodococcus equi Name Synonyms Corynebacterium equi Magnusson, 1923 Corynebacterium hoagii (Morse, 1912) Eberson, 1918 Nocardia restricta (Turfitt, 1944) McClung, 1974 Homonyms Rhodococcus equi (Magnusson, 1923) Goodfellow & Alderson, 1977