Pseudonocardia

Pseudonocardia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Family:	Pseudonocardiaceae
Genus:	Pseudonocardia Henssen, 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)[1]

Pseudonocardia is the type genus of the bacteria family Pseudonocardiaceae. Members of this genus have been found living mutualistically on the cuticle of the leafcutter ants.^[2] The bacteria may also be found in crypts on the propleural plate.

Species

• Type species: Pseudonocardia thermophila, Henssen, 1957 (approved lists 1980)
• Pseudonocardia acaciae, Duangmal et al. 2009, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia ailaonensis, Qin et al. 2008, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia alaniniphila, (Xu et al. 1999) Huang et al. 2002, comb. nov.
• Pseudonocardia alni, (Evtushenko et al. 1989) Warwick et al. 1994, comb. nov.
• Pseudonocardia ammonioxydans, Liu et al. 2006, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia antarctica, Prabahar et al. 2004, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia asaccharolytica, Reichert et al. 1998, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia aurantiaca, (Xu et al. 1999) Huang et al. 2002, comb. nov.
• Pseudonocardia autotrophica, (Takamiya and Tubaki 1956) Warwick et al. 1994, comb. nov.
• Pseudonocardia azurea, Ōmura et al. 1983, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia benzenivorans, Kämpfer and Kroppenstedt 2004, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia carboxydivorans, Park et al. 2008, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia chloroethenivorans, Lee et al. 2004, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia compacta, Henssen et al. 1983, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia dioxanivorans, Mahendra and Alvarez-Cohen 2005, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia endophytica, Chen et al. 2009, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia halophobica, (Akimov et al. 1989) McVeigh et al. 1994, comb. nov.
• Pseudonocardia hydrocarbonoxydans, (Nolof and Hirsch 1962) Warwick et al. 1994, comb. nov.
• Pseudonocardia kongjuensis, Lee et al. 2001, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia nitrificans, (ex Schatz et al. 1954) Warwick et al. 1994, nom. rev., comb. nov.
• Pseudonocardia oroxyli, Gu et al. 2006, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia parietis, Schäfer et al. 2009, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia petroleophila, (Hirsch and Engel 1956) Warwick et al. 1994, comb. nov.
• Pseudonocardia saturnea, (Hirsch 1960) Warwick et al. 1994, comb. nov.
• Pseudonocardia spinosa, Schäfer 1971, species.
• Pseudonocardia spinosispora, Lee et al. 2002, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia sulfidoxydans, Reichert et al. 1998, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia tetrahydrofuranoxydans, Kämpfer et al. 2006, sp. nov.
• Pseudonocardia xinjiangensis, (Xu et al. 1999) Huang et al. 2002, comb. nov.
• Pseudonocardia yunnanensis, (Jiang et al. 1991) Huang et al. 2002, comb. nov.
• Pseudonocardia zijingensis, Huang et al. 2002, sp. nov.

References

1. Pseudonocardiaceae on www.bacterio.cict.fr
2. Symbiont recognition of mutualistic bacteria by Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants, Zhang, M.M., Poulsen, M. and Currie, C.R. (2007), International Society for Microbial Ecology, 1:313-320

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