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Species Nocardia neocaledoniensis

Name: Nocardia neocaledoniensis Saintpierre-Bonaccio et al. 2004

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ne.o.ca.le.do.ni.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. neocaledoniensis, of or pertaining to New Caledonia, the source of the isolate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a ne-o-ka-le-do-ni-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 44717; JCM 12604; NCIMB 13955; SBHR OA6

16S rRNA gene: JF797311 Analysetree FASTA download

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)

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
    • 🧍 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: 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