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Species Nocardia beijingensis
Name: Nocardia beijingensis Wang et al. 2001
Etymology: bei.jing.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. beijingensis, of or pertaining to Beijing, the source of the isolate
Type strain: CCUG 46096; CGMCC 4.1521; DSM 44636; IFO 16342; JCM 10666; NBRC 16342; O2
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF154129
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Wang L, Zhang Y, Lu Z, Shi Y, Liu Z, Maldonado L, Goodfellow M. Nocardia beijingensis sp. nov., a novel isolate from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1783-1788. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.
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 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.
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🧍 The specific epithet is a N.L. feminine adjective, not a N.L. masculine adjective as cited in the paper by Wang et al. 2001.
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:
Wang L, Zhang Y, Lu Z, Shi Y, Liu Z, Maldonado L, Goodfellow M. Nocardia beijingensis sp. nov., a novel isolate from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1783-1788.
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Record number: 778693
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