Species ***Nocardia* *mexicana***

Name: Nocardia mexicana Rodríguez-Nava et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.xi.ca’na. N.L. fem. adj. mexicana, of or pertaining to Mexico city, the geographical area from which isolates were collected

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 108295; DSM 44952; JCM 14590

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF797310 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rodriguez-Nava V, Couble A, Molinard C, Sandoval H, Boiron P, Laurent F. Nocardia mexicana sp. nov., a new pathogen isolated from human mycetomas. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:4530-4535.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 109. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:925-927.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established 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.
- The culture collection accession number DSM 44952 has been provided on request for validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 109. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:925-927.

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Rodriguez-Nava V, Couble A, Molinard C, Sandoval H, Boiron P, Laurent F. Nocardia mexicana sp. nov., a new pathogen isolated from human mycetomas. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:4530-4535.

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Species Nocardia mexicana

Species ***Nocardia* *mexicana***