Nocardia kroppenstedtii sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a lung transplant patient with a pulmonary infection

Amanda Jones, Andrew Fisher, Rahul Mahida, Kate Gould, John Perry, Margaret Hannan, Eoin Judge, Roselyn Brown, Kimberley Boagey, Michael Goodfellow

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Abstract

An actinomycete, strain N1286T, isolated from a lung transplant patient with a pulmonary infection, was provisionally assigned to the genus Nocardia. The strain had chemotaxonomic and morphological properties typical of members of the genus Nocardia and formed a distinct phyletic line in the Nocardia 16S rRNA gene tree. It was most closely related to Nocardia farcinica DSM 43665T (99.8% gene similarity) but was distinguished from the latter by a low level of DNA:DNA relatedness. These strains were also distinguished by a broad range of phenotypic properties. On the basis of these data, it is proposed that isolate N1286T (=DSM 45810T = NCTC 13617T) should be classified as the type strain of a new Nocardia species for which the name Nocardia kroppenstedtii is proposed.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)751-754
JournalInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Volume64
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2014

Keywords

  • Nocardia kroppenstedtii
  • lung transplant
  • polyphasic taxonomy
  • pulmonary infection

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