Species ***Nocardia* *veterana***

Name: Nocardia veterana Gürtler et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ve.te.ra’na. L. fem. adj. veterana, veteran, old in service (as soldiers), referring to the veteran’s hospital where the organism was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a we-te-RA-na, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 46118; CIP 107095; DSM 44445; JCM 11307; M157222; NBRC 100344; NRRL B-24136

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF430055 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gurtler V, Smith R, Mayall BC, Potter-Reinemann G, Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM. Nocardia veterana sp. nov., isolated from human bronchial lavage. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:933-936. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

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 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 33 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: Gurtler V, Smith R, Mayall BC, Potter-Reinemann G, Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM. Nocardia veterana sp. nov., isolated from human bronchial lavage. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:933-936. 🇩🇪

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Species Nocardia veterana

Species ***Nocardia* *veterana***