title: Nocardia asiatica sp. nov., isolated from patients with nocardiosis in Japan and clinical specimens from Thailand.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8673, Japan.
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kageyama
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
authors.forename: Natteewan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Poonwan
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8673, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsukiyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yazawa
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8673, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuzuru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mikami
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8673, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S