Phylogeny of the Genus <i>Nocardia</i> Based on Reassessed 16S rRNA Gene Sequences Reveals Underspeciation and Division of Strains Classified as <i>Nocardia asteroides</i> into Three Established Species and Two Unnamed Taxons

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Conventional identification of Nocardia in the routine laboratory remains problematic due to a paucity of reliable phenotypic tests and due to the yet-unresolved taxonomy of strains classified as belonging to the species Nocardia asteroides, which comprises the type strain and isolates with drug pattern types II and VI. The 16S rRNA gene of 74 representative strains of the genus Nocardia, encompassing 25...

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