Nocardia asiatica sp. nov., isolated from patients with nocardiosis in Japan and clinical specimens from Thailand.
Five strains isolated from two patients with nocardiosis in Japan and three clinical samples from Thailand were found to have morphological, biochemical and chemotaxonomic properties consistent with their classification in the genus Nocardia. DNA-DNA hybridization, coupled with sequence analysis of 16S rDNA, indicated that these strains belong to a novel species of the genus Nocardia, named Nocardia asiatica sp. nov. because the isolation sites were in Asian countries; the type strain is IFM 0245T (=NBRC 100129T=JCM 11892T=DSM 44668T).
Kageyama
Akiko
A
Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8673, Japan.
Poonwan
Natteewan
N
National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Yazawa
Katsukiyo
K
Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8673, Japan.
Mikami
Yuzuru
Y
Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8673, Japan.
Nishimura
Kazuko
K
Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8673, Japan.
D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009615:Nocardia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013785:Thailand
D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S