Species Nocardia higoensis
Name: Nocardia higoensis Kageyama et al. 2004
Etymology: hi.go.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. higoensis, pertaining to Higo, a traditional geographical name for Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, the source of the type strain [probably better: higonensis]
Type strain: DSM 44732; IFM 10084; JCM 12121; NBRC 100133
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB108778
Analyse
FASTA 
Valid publication:
Kageyama A, Yazawa K, Mukai A, Kinoshita M, Takata N, Nishimura K, Kroppenstedt RM, Mikami Y. Nocardia shimofusensis sp. nov., isolated from soil, and Nocardia higoensis sp. nov., isolated from a patient with lung nocardiosis in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1927-1931. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
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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 2022; 168:0.
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The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018).
Publication:
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Kageyama A, Yazawa K, Mukai A, Kinoshita M, Takata N, Nishimura K, Kroppenstedt RM, Mikami Y. Nocardia shimofusensis sp. nov., isolated from soil, and Nocardia higoensis sp. nov., isolated from a patient with lung nocardiosis in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1927-1931.
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Record number: 778727
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