Species "Nocardia opaca"

Name: "Nocardia opaca" (den Dooren de Jong 1927) Waksman and Henrici 1948

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Etymology: o.pa’ca. L. fem. adj. opaca, dark, obsure

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a o-PA-ka, feminine

Original publication: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Sixth Edition. The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, 1948.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Waksman and Henrici) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Breed et al.).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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.

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Sixth Edition. The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, 1948.

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Record number: 19312

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Species "Nocardia opaca"