
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.6422
Name	Nocardia amarae Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Gordonia amarae
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.6422
Type Strain representative organism	NRRL B-8176^T (=NBRC 15530 =VKM Ac-801 =NCIMB 11222 =HAMBI 2282 =JCM 3171 =CIP 1774.88 =NRRL B-16281 =CIP 104501 =DSM 43392 =ATCC 27808 =CCM 2753 =SE6)


Proper Form	Nocardia amarae Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Nocardia amarae was originally described by Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 1994, Klatte et al. established Nocardia amarae as the basonym of Gordonia amarae corrig. (Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974) Klatte et al. 1994 emend. Nouioui et al. 2018 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Nocardia amarae Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.6422.
Source File	10.1601/nm.6422.xml

References

Lechevalier MP, Lechevalier HA. Nocardia amarae sp. nov. an actinomycete common in foaming activated sludge. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1974; 24:278-288. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-24-2-278.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
Klatte S, Rainey FA, Kroppenstedt RM. Transfer of Rhodococcus aichiensis Tsukamura 1982 and Nocardia amarae Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974 to the genus Gordona as Gordona aichiensis comb. nov. and Gordona amarae comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:769-773. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-44-4-769 [PubMed].