Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Nocardia xestospongiae

Name: Nocardia xestospongiae Thawai et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xes.to.spon’gi.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. xestospongiae, of Xestospongia referring to Xestospongia, the source of isolation

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCC 45622; NBRC 109069; ST01-07

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16S rRNA gene: AB973878 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Thawai C, Rungjindamai N, Klanbut K, Tanasupawat S. Nocardia xestospongiae sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge in the Andaman Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1451-1456.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Thawai C, Rungjindamai N, Klanbut K, Tanasupawat S. Nocardia xestospongiae sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge in the Andaman Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1451-1456.

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Record number: 795248
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