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Nocardia niwae sp. nov., isolated from human pulmonary sources.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Feb 2011
Moser Benjamin D, Klenk Hans-Peter, Schumann Peter, Pötter Gabriele, Lasker Brent A, Steigerwalt Arnold G, Hinrikson Hans P, Brown June M
Abstract excerpt
Members of the genus Nocardia are responsible for cutaneous, pulmonary and disseminated human infections. From 2003 to 2008, four nocardioform strains (W8027, W8681, W9071 and W9241(T)) were isolated from patients in the state of Florida, USA. Ribosomal gene sequencing analysis suggested that a novel species of the genus Nocardia had been isolated. These strains were subjected to a taxonomic analysis using a...
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