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Nocardia aobensis Sp. Nov., Isolated from Patients in Japan
Author(s) -
Kageyama Akiko,
Suzuki Shinichi,
Yazawa Katsukiyo,
Nishimura Kazuko,
Kroppenstedt Reiner M.,
Mikami Yuzuru
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03613.x
Subject(s) - nocardia , biology , nocardiosis , microbiology and biotechnology , 16s ribosomal rna , actinomycetales , strain (injury) , nocardiaceae , bacteria , genetics , anatomy , streptomyces
Five clinical isolates, strains IFM 0137, 0372 T , 0496, 0556, and 0952, were provisionally assigned to the genus Nocardia based on morphological criteria. Nearly complete 16S rDNA sequences were determined for these strains. These data showed that they are most similar to that of Nocardia africana, Nocardia cerradoensis and Nocardia veterana . However, DNA‐DNA relatedness data showed that the five strains were of a single species and were distinguishable from N. africana, N. cerradoensis and N. veterana . Therefore, these strains represent a new species within the genus Nocardia . The designation of these five strains is Nocardia aobensis sp. nov. The type strain is IFM 0372 T (=NBRC 100429 T =JCM 12352 T =DSM 44805 T ).