''Nocardia asteroides'' is a species of ''
Nocardia
''Nocardia'' is a genus of weakly staining Gram-positive, catalase, catalase-positive, rod-shaped bacteria. It forms partially acid-fast beaded branching filaments (appearing similar to fungi, but being truly bacteria). It contains a total of 8 ...
''.
It can cause
nocardiosis
Nocardiosis is an infectious disease affecting either the lungs (''pulmonary nocardiosis'') or the whole body (''systemic nocardiosis''). It is due to infection by a bacterium of the genus ''Nocardia'', most commonly ''Nocardia asteroides'' or ''N ...
, a severe pulmonary infection in immunocompromised hosts.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Nocardia asteroides'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Mycobacteriales
Bacteria described in 1891
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