Name: Nocardia africana Hamid et al. 2001
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
Etymology: a.fri.ca’na. L. fem. adj. africana, African, of Africa, the source of the isolates
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a a-fri-KA-na, feminine
Type strain: ATCC BAA-280; CCUG 46122; DSM 44491; JCM 11438; NBRC 100379; NCTC 13181; SD769
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF430054
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Hamid ME, Maldonado L, Sharaf Eldin GS, Mohamed MF, Saeed NS, Goodfellow M. Nocardia africana sp. nov., a new pathogen isolated from patients with pulmonary infections. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:625-630. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 81. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1229.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
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Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Hamid ME, Maldonado L, Sharaf Eldin GS, Mohamed MF, Saeed NS, Goodfellow M. Nocardia africana sp. nov., a new pathogen isolated from patients with pulmonary infections. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:625-630. 🇬🇧
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