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Species Nocardia pigrifrangens
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- Nocardia abscessus
- Nocardia acididurans
- Nocardia aciditolerans
- Nocardia acidivorans
- "Nocardia aerocolonigenes"
- Nocardia africana
- Nocardia alba
- "Nocardia albicans"
- Nocardia albiluteola
- Nocardia alni
- Nocardia altamirensis
- Nocardia amamiensis
- Nocardia amarae
- Nocardia amikacinitolerans
- Nocardia anaemiae
- Nocardia aobensis
- Nocardia araoensis
- "Nocardia argentinensis"
- Nocardia arizonensis
- Nocardia arseniciresistens
- Nocardia artemisiae
- Nocardia arthritidis
- Nocardia asiatica
- Nocardia asteroides
- "Nocardia atlantica"
- Nocardia aurantia
- Nocardia aurantiaca
- Nocardia aurea
- Nocardia australiensis
- Nocardia autotrophica
- Nocardia barduliensis
- Nocardia beijingensis
- Nocardia bhagyanarayanae corrig.
- Nocardia bhagyanesis
- Nocardia blacklockiae
- "Nocardia boironii"
- Nocardia bovistercoris
- Nocardia brasiliensis
- Nocardia brevicatena
- Nocardia caishijiensis
- Nocardia calcarea
- Nocardia callitridis
- Nocardia camponoti
- "Candidatus Nocardia canadensis"
- "Nocardia canicruria"
- "Nocardia capreola"
- Nocardia carnea
- Nocardia casuarinae
- Nocardia cavernae
- "Nocardia caviae"
- Nocardia cellulans
- Nocardia cerradoensis
- Nocardia coeliaca
- Nocardia coffeae
- Nocardia colli
- Nocardia concava
- Nocardia corynebacterioides
- Nocardia coubleae
- Nocardia crassostreae
- Nocardia cummidelens
- Nocardia cyriacigeorgica corrig.
- Nocardia cyriacigeorgici
- "Nocardia dentocariosus"
- Nocardia donostiensis
- Nocardia elegans
- Nocardia endophytica
- Nocardia exalbida
- Nocardia farcinica
- "Nocardia flavescens"
- Nocardia flavorosea
- Nocardia fluminea
- "Nocardia fordii"
- "Nocardia fructifera"
- "Nocardia fructifera"
- Nocardia gamkensis
- "Nocardia gibsonii"
- Nocardia gipuzkoensis
- Nocardia globerula
- Nocardia goodfellowii
- Nocardia grenadensis
- Nocardia halotolerans
- Nocardia harenae
- Nocardia heshunensis
- Nocardia higoensis
- Nocardia huaxiensis
- Nocardia hydrocarbonoxydans
- Nocardia ignorata
- Nocardia implantans
- Nocardia inohanensis
- "Nocardia interforma"
- "Nocardia intracellularis"
- Nocardia iowensis
- "Nocardia italica"
- Nocardia jejuensis
- Nocardia jiangsuensis
- Nocardia jiangxiensis
- Nocardia jinanensis
- Nocardia kroppenstedtii
- Nocardia kruczakiae
- Nocardia lasii
- "Nocardia levis"
- Nocardia lijiangensis
- "Nocardia lurida"
- Nocardia macrotermitis
- Nocardia mangyaensis
- "Nocardia marina"
- Nocardia mediterranea
- Nocardia mediterranei corrig.
- "Nocardia mesenterica"
- Nocardia mexicana
- Nocardia mikamii
- Nocardia miyunensis
- Nocardia neocaledoniensis
- "Nocardia nepalensis"
- Nocardia niigatensis
- Nocardia ninae
- Nocardia niwae
- Nocardia noduli
- Nocardia nova
- Nocardia orientalis
- Nocardia otitidiscaviarum corrig.
- "Nocardia panacis"
- "Nocardia paratuberculosis"
- Nocardia paucivorans
- Nocardia petroleophila
- "Nocardia phenotolerans"
- Nocardia pinensis
- Nocardia pneumoniae
- "Nocardia polychromogenes"
- Nocardia polyresistens
- Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis
- Nocardia pseudovaccinii
- Nocardia pulmonis
- Nocardia puris
- "Nocardia rangoonensis"
- Nocardia rayongensis
- "Nocardia recifei"
- Nocardia restricta
- "Nocardia restrictus"
- Nocardia rhamnosiphila
- Nocardia rhizosphaerae
- Nocardia rhizosphaerihabitans
- "Nocardia rhodochrous"
- Nocardia rosealba
- Nocardia rugosa
- Nocardia salmonicida
- Nocardia saturnea
- "Nocardia sebivorans"
- Nocardia senatus
- Nocardia seriolae
- Nocardia shimofusensis
- Nocardia shinanonensis
- Nocardia sichangensis
- Nocardia sienata corrig.
- "Nocardia simplex"
- Nocardia soli
- Nocardia speluncae
- Nocardia spumae
- Nocardia sputi
- Nocardia sputorum
- Nocardia stercoris
- "Nocardia suismassiliense"
- Nocardia sulphurea
- Nocardia sungurluensis
- Nocardia takedensis
- "Nocardia tartaricans"
- Nocardia tenerifensis
- Nocardia tengchongensis
- Nocardia terpenica
- "Nocardia terrae"
- Nocardia testacea corrig.
- Nocardia testaceus
- Nocardia thailandica
- "Nocardia thermoflava"
- Nocardia thraciensis
- Nocardia transvalensis
- "Nocardia turbata"
- Nocardia uniformis
- Nocardia vaccinii
- Nocardia vermiculata
- Nocardia veterana
- Nocardia vinacea
- "Nocardia viridis"
- Nocardia vulneris
- Nocardia wallacei
- Nocardia xestospongiae
- Nocardia xishanensis
- Nocardia yamanashiensis
- Nocardia yunnanensis
- Nocardia zapadnayensis
- Nocardia zhihengii
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Name: Nocardia pigrifrangens Wang et al. 2004
Etymology: pi.gri.fran’gens. L. adj. piger -gra -grum, slow; L. pres. part. frangens, breaking up small; from L. v. frango; N.L. fem. part. adj. pigrifrangens, slow to break up, referring to the fact that the substrate mycelium remains stable for up to 14 days before undergoing fragmentation
Type strain: 7031; CGMCC 4.1808; DSM 44957; JCM 11884
See detailed strain information at
16S rRNA gene:
AF219974
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Wang L, Zhang Y, Huang Y, Maldonado LA, Liu Z, Goodfellow M. Nocardia pigrifrangens sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a contaminated agar plate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1683-1686. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.
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. — 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 1 time 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 genus.
Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Wang L, Zhang Y, Huang Y, Maldonado LA, Liu Z, Goodfellow M. Nocardia pigrifrangens sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a contaminated agar plate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1683-1686.
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Record number: 778764
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