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Species Nocardia xishanensis

Name: Nocardia xishanensis Zhang et al. 2004

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: xi.sha.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. xishanensis, of or belonging to Xishan Mountain, the source of the soil from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a xi-s͡ha-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 276; CGMCC 4.1860; DSM 44895; JCM 12160; NBRC 101358

16S rRNA gene: AY333115 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Zhang J, Liu Z, Goodfellow M. Nocardia xishanensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2301-2305. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

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 3 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 genus.
    • 🧍 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: Zhang J, Liu Z, Goodfellow M. Nocardia xishanensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2301-2305. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 778808