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Species Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis
Name: Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis Ruimy et al. 1996
Etymology: pseu.do.bra.si.li.en.sis. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; N.L. masc./fem. adj. brasiliensis, a specific epithet [probably better: brasilensis]; N.L. fem. adj. pseudobrasiliensis, a false (Nocardia) brasiliensis
Type strain: ATCC 51512; CCUG 35436; CIP 104600; DSM 44290; JCM 9894
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16S rRNA gene:
AF430042
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Ruimy R, Riegel P, Carlotti A, Boiron P, Bernardin G, Monteil H, Wallace RJJ, Christen R. Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis sp. nov., a new species of Nocardia which groups bacterial strains previously identified as Nocardia brasiliensis and associated with invasive diseases. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:259-264. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:627.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 29 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Nocardia brasiliensis (Lindenberg 1909) Pinoy 1913 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Pinoy E. Actinomycoses et mycétomes. Bulletin de l'Institut Pasteur 1913; 11:929-938.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
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🫡 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. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Nocardia brasiliensis (Lindenberg 1909) Pinoy 1913 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Pinoy E. Actinomycoses et mycétomes. Bulletin de l'Institut Pasteur 1913; 11:929-938.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established 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:
Ruimy R, Riegel P, Carlotti A, Boiron P, Bernardin G, Monteil H, Wallace RJJ, Christen R. Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis sp. nov., a new species of Nocardia which groups bacterial strains previously identified as Nocardia brasiliensis and associated with invasive diseases. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:259-264.
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Record number: 778769
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