M. Goodfellow et al., TRANSFER OF NOCARDIA-AMARAE LECHEVALIER AND LECHEVALIER 1974 TO THE GENUS GORDONA AS GORDONA-AMARAE COMB-NOV, Letters in applied microbiology, 19(6), 1994, pp. 401-405
The taxonomic status of Nocardia amarae strains was examined using che
mical, microbiological and nucleic acid sequencing methods. It was evi
dent from the results of this and previous studies that Nocardia amara
e has properties that are at variance with its classification in the g
enus Nocardia but consistent with its transfer to the genus Gordona. I
t is proposed that Nocardia amarae Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974 be
transferred to the genus Gordona as Goudona amarae comb. nov.