Nocardiopsis

Nocardiopsis
A genus of higher bacteria living in soil that cause subacute or chronic pneumonia, subcutaneous infection, or disseminated disease, usually in immunosuppressed patients.
- N. dassonvillei an aerobic actinomycete, formerly Nocardia dassonvillei; a cause of actinomycetoma.

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No·car·di·op·sis (no-kahr″de-opґsis) a genus of soil bacteria of the family Nocardiopsaceae, consisting of gram-positive, aerobic, non–acid-fast organisms that form filaments. The organisms differ in cell wall type and are not resistant to lysozymes. They are potential pathogens, causing abscesses and pulmonary lesions. The type species is N. dassonvilґlei.

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