Name: Nocardia elegans Yassin and Brenner 2005
Etymology: e’le.gans. L. 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 Analyse 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
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