Species Nocardia amikacinitolerans

Name: Nocardia amikacinitolerans Ezeoke et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.mi.ka.ci.ni.to’le.rans. N.L. neut. n. amikacinum, amikacin; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. fem. part. adj. amikacinitolerans, tolerating amikacin, named for its resistance to the antimicrobial agent amikacin

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a a-mi-ka-ki-ni-TO-le-rans, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 59655; DSM 45539; W9988

16S rRNA gene: GU985442 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Ezeoke I, Klenk HP, Potter G, Schumann P, Moser BD, Lasker BA, Nicholson A, Brown JM. Nocardia amikacinitolerans sp. nov., an amikacin-resistant human pathogen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1056-1061. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ezeoke I, Klenk HP, Potter G, Schumann P, Moser BD, Lasker BA, Nicholson A, Brown JM. Nocardia amikacinitolerans sp. nov., an amikacin-resistant human pathogen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1056-1061. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 790565

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