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Species Nocardia thailandica
Name: Nocardia thailandica Kageyama et al. 2005
Etymology: thai.lan’di.ca. N.L. fem. adj. thailandica, referring to Thailand, where the type strain was isolated
Type strain: DSM 44808; IFM 10145; JCM 12356; NBRC 100428
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB126874
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Kageyama A, Poonwan N, Yazawa K, Suzuki S-i, Kroppenstedt R, Mikami Y. Nocardia vermiculata sp. nov. and Nocardia thailandica sp. nov. isolated from clinical specimens. Actinomycetologica 2004; 18:27-33. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 102. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:547-549.
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 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 = 1, note = "+". — 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 10 times 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 species itself.
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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.
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018).
Publication:
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Kageyama A, Poonwan N, Yazawa K, Suzuki S-i, Kroppenstedt R, Mikami Y. Nocardia vermiculata sp. nov. and Nocardia thailandica sp. nov. isolated from clinical specimens. Actinomycetologica 2004; 18:27-33.
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Record number: 778798
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