Pseudonocardia parietis explained

Pseudonocardia parietis is a bacterium from the genus of Pseudonocardia which has been isolated from a wall which was colonized with mould in Stuttgart in Germany.^{[1] [2]}

It is a bacterium that is Gram-positive, rod-shaped, spore-negative and is also a mycelium forming actinobacterium. It was found to have a 16s rRNA gene sequence and was shown to belong to the Pseudonocardiaceae family. It is most closely related to Pseudonocardia antarctica and Pseudonocardia alni.^[2]

Notes and References

1. 10.1601/nm.14732 . Nomenclature Abstract for Pseudonocardia parietis . 2009 . Parker . Charles Thomas . Taylor . Dorothea . Garrity . George M . 2024-04-17 . Charles Thomas . Parker . George M . Garrity .
2. 10.1099/ijs.0.009993-0 . 19622655 . Pseudonocardia parietis sp. nov., from the indoor environment . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 59 . 10 . 2449–52 . 2009 . Schafer . J . Busse . H.-J . Kampfer . P . free .