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Nocardia donostiensis sp. nov., isolated from human respiratory specimens.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - 1 May 2016
Ercibengoa Maria, Bell Melissa, Marimón José Maria, Humrighouse Benjamin, Klenk Hans-Peter, Pötter Gabrielle, Pérez-Trallero Emilio
Abstract excerpt
Three human clinical isolates (X1654, X1655, and W9944) were recovered from the sputum and bronchial washings of two patients with pulmonary infections. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of the isolates showed that they share 100 % sequence similarity with each other and belong to the genus Nocardia. Close phylogenetic neighbours are Nocardia brevicatena ATCC 15333(T) (98.6 %) and Nocardia paucivorans ATCC...
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