Species ***Nocardia* *cerradoensis***

Name: Nocardia cerradoensis Albuquerque de Barros et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cer.ra.do.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. cerradoensis, pertaining to the Cerrado, soil of which was the source of the organism [probably better: cerradonensis]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a ker-ra-do-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCT 5601; DSM 44546; JCM 12209; NBRC 101014; Y9

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF060790 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Albuquerque de Barros EV, Manfio GP, Ribiero Maitan V, Mendes Bataus LA, Kim SB, Maldonado LA, Goodfellow M. Nocardia cerradoensis sp. nov., a novel isolate from Cerrado soil in Brazil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:29-33. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 10 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.
- 🧍 The first author's name (Albuquerque de Barros) is erroneously cited as Alberquerque de Barros in the Author Index (IJSEM, 2003, volume 53, part 1, p. VII) and on the table of contents (IJSEM, 2003, volume 53, part 1, p. I). — The author's name V. Ribeiro Maitan is erroneously cited as V. Ribiero Maitan on page 29 but listed correctly on the table of contents (IJSEM, 2003, volume 53, part 1, p. I). 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. 🇫🇷
- 🧍 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Albuquerque de Barros EV, Manfio GP, Ribiero Maitan V, Mendes Bataus LA, Kim SB, Maldonado LA, Goodfellow M. Nocardia cerradoensis sp. nov., a novel isolate from Cerrado soil in Brazil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:29-33. 🇬🇧

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Species Nocardia cerradoensis

Species ***Nocardia* *cerradoensis***