title: gyrB analysis as a tool for identifying Nocardia species and exploring their phylogeny.
abstract: gyrB is used to improve the identification of the Nocardia species N. brasiliensis, N. higoensis, N. ignorata, N. otitidiscaviarum, N. paucivorans, N. pneumoniae, N. puris, N. takedensis, N. veterana, and N. vinacea, but it does not improve the identification of another 12 Nocardia studied species. gyrB provides typing and phylogenetic markers for N. carnea, N. transvalensis, N. brasiliensis, and N. otitidiscaviarum.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Gema
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carrasco
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain svaldezate@isciii.es.
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valdezate
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Noelia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Garrido
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: María J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Medina-Pascual
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Villalón
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sáez-Nieto
mesh_terms: D027081:DNA Gyrase / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D058889:Molecular Typing; D009615:Nocardia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005819:Genetic Markers; D027081:DNA Gyrase