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Species Nocardia neocaledoniensis
Name: Nocardia neocaledoniensis Saintpierre-Bonaccio et al. 2004
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. neocaledoniensis, of or pertaining to New Caledonia, the source of the isolate
Type strain: DSM 44717; JCM 12604; NCIMB 13955; SBHR OA6
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
JF797311
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Saintpierre-Bonaccio D, Maldonado LA, Amir H, Pineau R, Goodfellow M. Nocardia neocaledoniensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a New-Caledonian brown hypermagnesian ultramafic soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:599-603. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "ht+". — 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 13 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 pathogenicity 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 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Saintpierre-Bonaccio D, Maldonado LA, Amir H, Pineau R, Goodfellow M. Nocardia neocaledoniensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a New-Caledonian brown hypermagnesian ultramafic soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:599-603.
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Record number: 778748
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