Name: "Cladothrix asteroides" Eppinger 1891

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: as.ter.o.i’des. N.L. fem. adj. asteroides, star-like; from Gr. masc./fem. adj. asteroeidês

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … as-ter-o-I-des, feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 19247; CCUG 10073; CIP 104503; DSM 43373; DSM 43757; IFO 15531; JCM 3384; NBRC 15531; NCTC 11293; NRRL B-3828

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF430019 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Eppinger H. Über eine neue pathogene Cladothrix und eine durch sie hervorgerufene Pseudotuberculosis (Cladothrichica). Beiträge zur pathologischen Anatomie 1891; 9:287-328.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Nocardia asteroides (Eppinger 1891) Blanchard 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nocardia asteroides (Eppinger 1891) Blanchard 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, lectotype

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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.

Parent taxon: "Cladothrix" Cohn 1872

Assigned by: Eppinger H. Über eine neue pathogene Cladothrix und eine durch sie hervorgerufene Pseudotuberculosis (Cladothrichica). Beiträge zur pathologischen Anatomie 1891; 9:287-328.

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Record number: 3937