Nocardia asteroides

Nocardia asteroides
Nocardia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Suborder: Corynebacterineae
Family: Nocardiaceae
Genus: Nocardia
Species: asteroides

Nocardia asteroides is a species of Nocardia.[1]

It can cause Nocardiosis, a severe pulmonary infection in immunocompromised hosts.[2]

References

  1. ^ Roth A, Andrees S, Kroppenstedt RM, Harmsen D, Mauch H (February 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". J. Clin. Microbiol. 41 (2): 851–6. doi:10.1128/JCM.41.2.851-856.2003. PMC 149683. PMID 12574299. http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12574299. 
  2. ^ "Nocardiosis: Overview - eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine". http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/966919-overview. 
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