Nocardia

genus of Gram-positive bacteria
Taxon taxon Q135175
Nocardia
CDC/Dr. David Berd (PHIL #3078), 1972 · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Nocardia

Summary

Nocardia is a taxon[1]. Nocardia ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (316 views/month, #1,540 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nocardia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Nocardia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Edmond Nocard is named after Nocardia[5].
  • Nocardia belongs to the parent taxon Nocardiaceae[6].
  • Nocardia's scientific name is Nocardia[7].
  • Nocardia's Commons category is recorded as Nocardia[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Nocardia is Nocardia asteroides[9].
  • Nocardia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nocardia[10].
  • Nocardia's LPSN URL is recorded as http://www.bacterio.net/nocardia.html[11].
  • Nocardia's Gram staining is recorded as gram-positive bacteria[12].

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Classification

Nocardia's scientific name is Nocardia[7]. Nocardia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Nocardia belongs to the parent taxon Nocardiaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Nocardia is Nocardia asteroides[9].

Discovery and Description

Edmond Nocard is named after Nocardia[5].

Identifiers

Nocardia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 356640[13]. Nocardia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1817[14]. Nocardia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 97151[15]. Nocardia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3224365[16]. Nocardia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 189404[17].

Why It Matters

Nocardia ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (316 views/month, #1,540 of 195,241).[2] Nocardia has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Nocardia is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Nocardiaceae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Named after Edmond Nocard
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