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Species Nocardia abscessus
Name: Nocardia abscessus Yassin et al. 2000
Etymology: abs.ces’sus. L. gen. masc. n. abscessus, of/from an abscess, referring to the characteristic clinical conditions from which the organisms were isolated
Type strain: ATCC BAA-279; CCUG 45938; CIP 106822; DSM 44432; IMMIB D-1592; JCM 10984; NBRC 100374
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF218292
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Mendrock U, Brzezinka H, Schaal KP. Nocardia abscessus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1487-1493. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1701-1702.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 52 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 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 risk group of the species itself.
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🧍 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 2022; 168:0.
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🧍 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:
Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Mendrock U, Brzezinka H, Schaal KP. Nocardia abscessus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1487-1493.
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Record number: 778677
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