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Nocardia brasiliensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Nocardiaceae
Genus:	Nocardia
Species:	N. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Nocardia brasiliensis (Lindenberg 1909) Pinoy 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

Nocardia brasiliensis is a species of Nocardia. As with most members of Actinomycetota, they contain high guanine and cytosine content. It can cause nocardiosis.

References

1. "Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis". Archived from the original on 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
2. Fukuda H, Saotome A, Usami N, Urushibata O, Mukai H (June 2008). "Lymphocutaneous type of nocardiosis caused by Nocardia brasiliensis: a case report and review of primary cutaneous nocardiosis caused by N. brasiliensis reported in Japan". J. Dermatol. 35 (6): 346–53. doi:10.1111/j.1346-8138.2008.00482.x. PMID 18578712. S2CID 588691.

Further reading

• Meester, Irene; Geovanni Rosas-Taraco, Adrian; Cesar Salinas-Carmona, Mario (June 17, 2014). "Nocardia brasiliensis Induces Formation of Foamy Macrophages and Dendritic Cells In Vitro and In Vivo". PLOS ONE. 9 (6): e100064. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100064. PMC 4061056. PMID 24936860.

External links

• Type strain of Nocardia brasiliensis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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