Nocardia asteroides

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Nocardia asteroides
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Nocardiaceae
Genus: Nocardia
Species:
N. asteroides
Binomial name
Nocardia asteroides
(Eppinger 1891) Blanchard 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Nocardia asteroides is a species of Nocardia . [1] It can cause nocardiosis, a severe pulmonary infection in immunocompromised hosts. [2]

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  1. ↑ Roth A, Andrees S, Kroppenstedt RM, Harmsen D, Mauch H (2003). "Phylogeny of the genus Nocardia based on reassessed 16S rRNA gene sequences reveals underspeciation and division of strains classified as Nocardia asteroides into three established species and two unnamed taxons". Journal of Clinical Microbiology . 41 (2): 851–856. doi:10.1128/JCM.41.2.851-856.2003. PMC   149683 . PMID   12574299.
  2. ↑ "Nocardiosis: Overview - eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine".

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