Subscribe to our newsletter
To receive updates from LPSN every few months, sign up to our mailing list.
Species Nocardia testaceus
Name: Nocardia testaceus Kageyama et al. 2004
Pronunciation, gender: tes-TA-ke-us, feminine
Type strain: DSM 44765; IFM 937; JCM 12235; NBRC 100365
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB192415
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Kageyama A, Yazawa K, Nishimura K, Mikami Y. Nocardia testaceus sp. nov. and Nocardia senatus sp. nov., isolated from patients in Japan. Microbiol Immunol 2004; 48:271-276. 
🇯🇵
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 98. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1005-1006.
Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling
Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Nocardia testacea corrig. Kageyama et al. 2004
-
Synonyms:
-
Name Kind Nocardia testacea corrig. Kageyama et al. 2004 corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
-
-
Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 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". — 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 a synonym of 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 a putative 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:
Kageyama A, Yazawa K, Nishimura K, Mikami Y. Nocardia testaceus sp. nov. and Nocardia senatus sp. nov., isolated from patients in Japan. Microbiol Immunol 2004; 48:271-276. 🇯🇵
Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/nocardia-testaceusLink copied to clipboard
Record number: 778797
This LPSN page was printed on 2026-01-19 11:41:44