Nocardia asteroides
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Nocardia asteroides (Eppinger, 1891) Blanchard, 1896
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Nocardia asteroides is a species of Nocardia.[1] It can cause nocardiosis, a severe pulmonary infection in immunocompromised hosts.[2]
Experiments in the field of astroecology have shown that Nocardia asteroides is able to live on the nutrients contained in a sample from a meteorite called the Murchison meteorite, when the meteorite sample was ground into a fine powder and supplemented by Earth's water and air. [3]
References
- ^ Roth A, Andrees S, Kroppenstedt RM, Harmsen D, Mauch H (2003). "Phylogeny of the genus Nocardia based on reassessed 16S rRNA gene sequences reveals underspeciation and division of strains classified as Nocardia asteroides into three established species and two unnamed taxons". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41 (2): 851–856. doi:10.1128/JCM.41.2.851-856.2003. PMC 149683. PMID 12574299.
- ^ "Nocardiosis: Overview - eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine".
- ^ Mautner, Michael N. (2002), "Planetary Resources and Astroecology. Electrolyte Solutions and Microbial Growth. Implications for Space Populations and Panspermia" (PDF), Astrobiology, 2, 2: 59–76, Bibcode:2002AsBio...2...59M, doi:10.1089/153110702753621349, PMID 12449855
Further reading
- Fujikura, Yuji; Kouzaki, Yuji; Ohta, Shinichiro; Hara, Yu; Mikita, Kei; Maeda, Takuya; Kanoh, Soichiro; Miura, Soichiro; Kawana, Akihiko (2012). "A Case of Nocardia asteroides Infection in a Patient with HIV/AIDS Diagnosed by Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)". Internal Medicine. 51 (11): 1413–1417. doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6961.
External links
Praharaj, I; Sujatha, S; Ashwini, M. A.; Parija, S. C. (8 August 2013). "Co-infection with Nocardia asteroides Complex and Strongyloides stercoralis in a Patient with Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia". 42 (1): 211–214. {{cite journal}}
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