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Species Nocardia vulneris

Name: Nocardia vulneris Lasker et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: vul’ne.ris. L. gen. neut. n. vulneris, of a wound

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a WUL-ne-ris, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 62683; DSM 45737; NBRC 108936; W9851

16S rRNA gene: JN705252 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Lasker BA, Bell M, Klenk HP, Sproer C, Schumann C, Schumann P, Brown JM. Nocardia vulneris sp. nov., isolated from wounds of human patients in North America. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:543-553. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 161. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 😷 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 8 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. 🇬🇧
    • 🧍 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: Lasker BA, Bell M, Klenk HP, Sproer C, Schumann C, Schumann P, Brown JM. Nocardia vulneris sp. nov., isolated from wounds of human patients in North America. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:543-553. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 792480