Abstract: This chapter concentrates on the Nocardia species, which are soilborne bacteria that are aerobic and slow-growing. It describes Nocardia as thin, filamentous, beaded gram-positive rods that are variably acid-fast at 0.5 to 1.0 μm in diameter, with branching at right angles. It explores the taxonomy of the Nocardia species, which has evolved considerably into 92 named species with the use of molecular identification techniques. The chapter talks about Nocardia nova complex, Nocardia brasiliensis, Nocardia farcinica, Nocardia cyriageorgica, Nocardia abscessus complex, and Nocardia transvalensis complex as the most frequent nocardial species pathogen for humans. It also mentions less common human pathogens, such as Nocardia otitidiscaviarum, Nocardia brevicatena-N. paucivorans complex, and Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis.
Publication Year: 2021
Publication Date: 2021-10-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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