Species ***Nocardia* *takedensis***

Name: Nocardia takedensis Yamamura et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ta.ke.den’sis. N.L. fem. adj. takedensis, of or pertaining to the Takeda Shrine, from where the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a ta-ke-DEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 44801; JCM 13313; MS1-3; NBRC 100417

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB158277 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yamamura H, Hayakawa M, Nakagawa Y, Tamura T, Kohno T, Komatsu F, Iimura Y. Nocardia takedensis sp. nov., isolated from moat sediment and scumming activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:433-436. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 14 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yamamura H, Hayakawa M, Nakagawa Y, Tamura T, Kohno T, Komatsu F, Iimura Y. Nocardia takedensis sp. nov., isolated from moat sediment and scumming activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:433-436. 🇯🇵

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Species Nocardia takedensis

Species ***Nocardia* *takedensis***