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Species Nocardiopsis listeri
Name: Nocardiopsis listeri Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990
Etymology: lis’te.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. listeri, of Lister, named for Dr. Joseph Lister, father of antiseptic surgery
Pronunciation, gender: LIS-te-ri, feminine
Type strain: ATCC 27442; CBS 661.72; DSM 40297; IFO 13360; ISP 5297; JCM 4782; KCC S-782; NBRC 13360; NCTC 434; RIA 1321; VKM Ac-1881
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X97887
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Grund E, Kroppenstedt RM. Chemotaxonomy and numerical taxonomy of the genus Nocardiopsis Meyer 1976. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:5-11. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Emendations:
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Nouioui et al. 2018
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.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
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Nouioui et al. 2018
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.
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 Formerly known as "Streptomyces listeri". — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.
Parent taxon: Nocardiopsis (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Grund E, Kroppenstedt RM. Chemotaxonomy and numerical taxonomy of the genus Nocardiopsis Meyer 1976. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:5-11.
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Record number: 778864
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