Species ***Nocardia* *vinacea***

Name: Nocardia vinacea Kinoshita et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.na’ce.a. L. fem. adj. vinacea, of or belonging to wine or to the grape, referring to the pale reddish purple diffusible pigment

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a wi-NA-ke-a, feminine

Type strain: DSM 44638; IFO 16497; JCM 10988; MK703-102F1; NBRC 16497

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB024312 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kinoshita N, Homma Y, Igarashi M, Ikeno S, Hori M, Hamada M. Nocardia vinacea sp. nov. Actinomycetologica 2001; 15:1-5. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 84. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 9 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 pathogenicity 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. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 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. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published because the effective publication only documents deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Nocardia vinacea Kinoshita et al. 2002 is to be considered to be validly published. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kinoshita N, Homma Y, Igarashi M, Ikeno S, Hori M, Hamada M. Nocardia vinacea sp. nov. Actinomycetologica 2001; 15:1-5. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 778807

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Species Nocardia vinacea

Species ***Nocardia* *vinacea***