Nocardia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
Order: | Actinomycetales |
Suborder: | Corynebacterineae |
Family: | Nocardiaceae |
Genus: | Nocardia |
Species: | N. asteroides |
Binomial name | |
Nocardia asteroides (Eppinger, 1891) Blanchard, 1896 |
Nocardia asteroides is a species of Nocardia. It can cause nocardiosis, a severe pulmonary infection in immunocompromised hosts.
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