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Species Nocardia vermiculata
Name: Nocardia vermiculata Kageyama et al. 2005
Etymology: ver.mi.cu.la’ta. N.L. fem. adj. vermiculata, in the form of worms, referring to the morphology of the aerial mycelium
Pronunciation, gender: wer-mi-ku-LA-ta, feminine
Type strain: DSM 44807; IFM 391; JCM 12354; NBRC 100427
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
JF797321
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 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 0 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 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.
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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.
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🧍 In the effective publication, the type strain JCM 12354 is erroneously cited as JCM 12345.
Publication:
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.
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: 778805
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