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Species Nocardia terpenica

Name: Nocardia terpenica Hoshino et al. 2007

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ter.pe’ni.ca. N.L. neut. n. terpenum, terpene; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used with various meanings; N.L. fem. adj. terpenica, referring to the ability to produce terpenoid antibiotics

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a ter-PE-ni-ka, feminine

Type strain: DSM 44897; DSM 44935; IFM 706; JCM 13033; NBRC 100888

16S rRNA gene: AB201298 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Hoshino Y, Watanabe K, Iida S, Suzuki S, Kudo T, Kogure T, Yazawa K, Ishikawa J, Kroppenstedt RM, Mikami Y. Nocardia terpenica sp. nov., isolated from Japanese patients with nocardiosis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1456-1460. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
    • 😷 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 = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 24 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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.
    • 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hoshino Y, Watanabe K, Iida S, Suzuki S, Kudo T, Kogure T, Yazawa K, Ishikawa J, Kroppenstedt RM, Mikami Y. Nocardia terpenica sp. nov., isolated from Japanese patients with nocardiosis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1456-1460. 🇯🇵

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