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Species Nocardia elegans
Name: Nocardia elegans Yassin and Brenner 2005
Etymology: e’le.gans. L. fem. adj. elegans, fastidious (with respect of utilization of nutrients)
Type strain: CCUG 50200; CIP 108553; DSM 44890; IMMIB N-402; JCM 13374
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16S rRNA gene:
AJ854057
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Yassin AF, Brenner S. Nocardia elegans sp. nov., a member of the Nocardia vaccinii clade isolated from sputum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1505-1509. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2239-2241.
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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 17 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
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🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Nocardia vaccinii Demaree and Smith 1952 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Demaree JB, Smith NR. Nocardia vaccinii n. sp. causing galls on blueberry plants. Phytopathology 1952; 42:249-252.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🙆 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.
Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Yassin AF, Brenner S. Nocardia elegans sp. nov., a member of the Nocardia vaccinii clade isolated from sputum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1505-1509.
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Record number: 778717
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