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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Nocardia spumae

Name: Nocardia spumae Wright et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spu’mae. L. gen. fem. n. spumae, of foam, denoting the isolation of the strain from beach foam

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … SPU-ma͡e, feminine

Type strain: DSM 111726; NCCB 100868; USC-21048

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MW314725 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wright L, Nouioui I, Mast Y, Bunk B, Sproer C, Neumann-Schaal M, Wolf J, Katouli M, Kurtboke DI. Nocardia australiensis sp. nov. and Nocardia spumae sp. nov., isolated from sea foam in Queensland, Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5952. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6094.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wright L, Nouioui I, Mast Y, Bunk B, Sproer C, Neumann-Schaal M, Wolf J, Katouli M, Kurtboke DI. Nocardia australiensis sp. nov. and Nocardia spumae sp. nov., isolated from sea foam in Queensland, Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5952. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 39757
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