Species "Nocardia caviae"

Name: "Nocardia caviae" (Erikson 1935) Snijders 1948

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Etymology: ca’vi.ae. N.L. fem. n. Cavia, guinea pig (Cavia cobaya); L. gen. fem. n. caviae, of the guinea pig (Cavia cobaya) because the type strain was isolated from Cavia cobaya

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 14629; CCUG 10075; CIP 104514; DSM 43242; IFO 14405; JCM 3377; JCM 3393; NBRC 14405; NCIMB 12084; NCTC 1934; VKM Ac-869

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF430067 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family II. Actinomycetaceae Buchanan. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 892-928.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Nocardia otitidiscaviarum corrig. Snijders 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Nocardia otitidiscaviarum corrig. Snijders 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 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.

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family II. Actinomycetaceae Buchanan. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 892-928.

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Record number: 62536

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Species "Nocardia caviae"