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Species Nocardia elegans

Name: Nocardia elegans Yassin and Brenner 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e’le.gans L. adj. elegans, fastidious (with respect of utilization of nutrients)

Gender: feminine

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

Risk group: 1

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