Species ***Nocardia* *aobensis***

Name: Nocardia aobensis Kageyama et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.o.ben’sis. N.L. fem. adj. aobensis, to pertaining to Aoba-cho, Chiba, Japan, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a a-o-BEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 44805; IFM 372; JCM 12352; NBRC 100429

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB126876 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kageyama A, Suzuki S, Yazawa K, Nishimura K, Kroppenstedt RM, Mikami Y. Nocardia aobensis Sp. Nov., isolated from patients in Japan. Microbiol Immunol 2004; 48:817-822. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 102. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:547-549.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 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 2026-08-13. 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 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 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. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 The specific epithet, aobensis, is a "N.L. fem. adj.", not a "N.L. fem. n." as cited in the effective publication. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kageyama A, Suzuki S, Yazawa K, Nishimura K, Kroppenstedt RM, Mikami Y. Nocardia aobensis Sp. Nov., isolated from patients in Japan. Microbiol Immunol 2004; 48:817-822. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 778684

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Species Nocardia aobensis

Species ***Nocardia* *aobensis***