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