Nocardia asteroides
Species of bacterium / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nocardia asteroides is a species of Nocardia.[1] It can cause nocardiosis, a severe pulmonary infection in immunocompromised hosts.[2]
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Nocardia asteroides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Mycobacteriales |
Family: | Nocardiaceae |
Genus: | Nocardia |
Species: | N. asteroides |
Binomial name | |
Nocardia asteroides (Eppinger 1891) Blanchard 1896 (Approved Lists 1980) | |
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