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Species Nocardia halotolerans

Name: Nocardia halotolerans Nikou et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. fem. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a ha-lo-TO-le-rans, feminine

Type strain: Chem15; IBRC M 10490; LMG 28544

16S rRNA gene: KM577163 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Moshtaghi Nikou M, Ramezani M, Ali Amoozegar M, Rasooli M, Harirchi S, Shahzadeh Fazeli SA, Schumann P, Sproer C, Ventosa A. Nocardia halotolerans sp. nov., a halotolerant actinomycete isolated from saline soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3148-3154. 🇮🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4294-4296.

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 2026-08-13. 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 1 time 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.

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Moshtaghi Nikou M, Ramezani M, Ali Amoozegar M, Rasooli M, Harirchi S, Shahzadeh Fazeli SA, Schumann P, Sproer C, Ventosa A. Nocardia halotolerans sp. nov., a halotolerant actinomycete isolated from saline soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3148-3154. 🇮🇷

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Record number: 793177