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Species Nocardia xestospongiae

Name: Nocardia xestospongiae Thawai et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a xes-tos-PON-gi-a͡e, feminine

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

16S rRNA gene: AB973878 Analysetree FASTA download

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 (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. — 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 1 time 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 genus.

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