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Species Nocardia brevicatena

Name: Nocardia brevicatena (Lechevalier et al. 1961) Goodfellow and Pirouz 1982

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Micropolyspora brevicatena Lechevalier et al. 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: bre.vi.ca.te’na. L. masc./fem. adj. brevis, short; L. fem. n. catena, chain; N.L. fem. n. brevicatena, short chain (of spores)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a bre-wi-ka-TE-na, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15333; CCUG 46115; CIP 104508; DSM 43024; IFO 12119; IMRU 1086W; JCM 3029; NBRC 12119; NRRL B-2896; VKM Ac-936

16S rRNA gene: AF430040 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Goodfellow M, Pirouz T. Numerical classification of sporoactinomycetes containing meso-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. J Gen Microbiol 1982; 128:503-527. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 9. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:384-385.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Emendations:
    • Nouioui et al. 2018 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. 🇩🇪 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.
  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 4 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Goodfellow M, Pirouz T. Numerical classification of sporoactinomycetes containing meso-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. J Gen Microbiol 1982; 128:503-527. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 778696