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Species Pseudonocardia nitrificans

Classification: 

Bacteria Bacillati Actinomycetota Actinomycetes Pseudonocardiales Pseudonocardiaceae Pseudonocardia Pseudonocardia nitrificans

Name: Pseudonocardia nitrificans (ex Schatz et al. 1954) Warwick et al. 1994

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: ni.tri’fi.cans. N.L. fem. part. adj. nitrificans, nitrifying

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-do-no-KAR-di-a ni-TRI-fi-kans, feminine

Type strain: IFAM 379

16S rRNA gene: X55609 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Warwick S, Bowen T, McVeigh H, Embley TM. A phylogenetic analysis of the family Pseudonocardiaceae and the genera Actinokineospora and Saccharothrix with 16S rRNA sequences and a proposal to combine the genera Amycolata and Pseudonocardia in an emended genus Pseudonocardia. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:293-299. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
    • 😷 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 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 0 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.
    • 🧍 This name was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.

Parent taxon: Pseudonocardia Henssen 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Warwick S, Bowen T, McVeigh H, Embley TM. A phylogenetic analysis of the family Pseudonocardiaceae and the genera Actinokineospora and Saccharothrix with 16S rRNA sequences and a proposal to combine the genera Amycolata and Pseudonocardia in an emended genus Pseudonocardia. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:293-299. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 780180

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