Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Nocardia altamirensis

Name: Nocardia altamirensis Jurado et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ta.mi.ren’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. altamirensis, referring to Altamira cave, Cantabria, Spain, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 109606; DSM 44997; JCM 14670; OFN S17

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU006090 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jurado V, Boiron P, Kroppenstedt RM, Laurent F, Couble A, Laiz L, Klenk HP, Gonzalez JM, Saiz-Jimenez C, Mouniee D, et al. Nocardia altamirensis sp. nov., isolated from Altamira cave, Cantabria, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2210-2214.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2675-2676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jurado V, Boiron P, Kroppenstedt RM, Laurent F, Couble A, Laiz L, Klenk HP, Gonzalez JM, Saiz-Jimenez C, Mouniee D, et al. Nocardia altamirensis sp. nov., isolated from Altamira cave, Cantabria, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2210-2214.

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Record number: 778681
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