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Nocardia testaceus sp. nov. and Nocardia senatus sp. nov., isolated from patients in Japan.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2004
Kageyama Akiko, Yazawa Katsukiyo, Nishimura Kazuko, Mikami Yuzuru
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Two actinomycete strains isolated from sputum between 1999 and 2001 in Japan were provisionally assigned to the genus Nocardia based on morphological criteria. These isolates were further studied in order to determine their specific taxonomic status. Detailed chemotaxonomic characterization and 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis of these isolates also confirmed that they belong to the genus Nocardia. The 16S rDNA...
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