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Species Nocardia kruczakiae
Name: Nocardia kruczakiae Conville et al. 2005
Etymology: kruc.za’ki.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. kruczakiae, of Kruczak, in memory of Patricia Kruczak-Filipov, in honor of and recognition for her contributions to the Mycology and Mycobacteriology Sections of the Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, NIH, USA.
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kruk-ZA-ki-a͡e, feminine
Type strain: ATCC BAA-948; DSM 44877; JCM 13032; NBRC 101016
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
JN041612
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Conville PS, Brown JM, Steigerwalt AG, Lee JW, Anderson VL, Fishbain JT, Holland SM, Witebsky FG. Nocardia kruczakiae sp. nov., a pathogen in immunocompromised patients and a member of the "N. nova complex". J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:5139-5145. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 102. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:547-549.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Emendations:
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Nouioui et al. 2018
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. 🇩🇪
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
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Nouioui et al. 2018
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.
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 a putative human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Conville PS, Brown JM, Steigerwalt AG, Lee JW, Anderson VL, Fishbain JT, Holland SM, Witebsky FG. Nocardia kruczakiae sp. nov., a pathogen in immunocompromised patients and a member of the "N. nova complex". J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:5139-5145. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 778737
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