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Species Nocardia ninae
Name: Nocardia ninae Laurent et al. 2007
Etymology: ni’nae. N.L. gen. fem. n. ninae, of Nina, the first name of the patient from whom the type strain was isolated
Pronunciation, gender: … NI-na͡e, feminine
Type strain: CIP 108955; DSM 44978; JCM 14667; OFN 02.72
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
JF797312
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Laurent F, Rodriguez-Nava V, Noussair L, Couble A, Nicolas-Chanoine MH, Boiron P. Nocardia ninae sp. nov., isolated from a bronchial aspirate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:661-665. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1374-1375.
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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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:
Laurent F, Rodriguez-Nava V, Noussair L, Couble A, Nicolas-Chanoine MH, Boiron P. Nocardia ninae sp. nov., isolated from a bronchial aspirate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:661-665. 🇫🇷
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Record number: 778751
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