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Species Nocardia zhihengii

Name: Nocardia zhihengii Huang et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: zhi.heng’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. zhihengii, of Zhi-Heng, to honor Zhi-Heng Liu, a respected Chinese microbiologist, for his many contributions to the development of Nocardia taxonomy in China

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-KAR-di-a z͡hi-HEN͡G-i-i, feminine

Type strain: DSM 100515; KCTC 39596; YIM TG2190

16S rRNA gene: MG575903 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Huang MJ, Xiao M, Rao MPN, Cheng T, Yang YY, Alkhalifah DHM, Hozzein WN, Huang HQ, Li WJ. Nocardia zhihengii sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from rhizosphere soil of Psammosilene tunicoides. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:2149-2156. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 186. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:597-599.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
    • 😷 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: Huang MJ, Xiao M, Rao MPN, Cheng T, Yang YY, Alkhalifah DHM, Hozzein WN, Huang HQ, Li WJ. Nocardia zhihengii sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from rhizosphere soil of Psammosilene tunicoides. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:2149-2156. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 800174