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