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Species Nocardia colli

Name: Nocardia colli Zhou et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: col’li. L. gen. masc./neut. n. colli, of the neck

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a KOL-li, feminine

Type strain: CICC 11023; KCTC 39837; KY2-1

16S rRNA gene: KJ659849 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Zhou T, Wang XY, Deng DQ, Xu LH, Li XL, Guo Y, Li WH, Xie H, Zhang PL, Zhou XH. Nocardia colli sp. nov., a new pathogen isolated from a patient with primary cutaneous nocardiosis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2981-2987. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4421-4424.

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 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 2 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 a putative 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. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zhou T, Wang XY, Deng DQ, Xu LH, Li XL, Guo Y, Li WH, Xie H, Zhang PL, Zhou XH. Nocardia colli sp. nov., a new pathogen isolated from a patient with primary cutaneous nocardiosis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2981-2987. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 7604