Bacterium
nocardia
[ noh-kahr-dee-uh ]
Subclass of:
Family Nocardiaceae
Definitions related to nocardia:
  • A genus of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria whose species are widely distributed and are abundant in soil. Some strains are pathogenic opportunists for humans and animals.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A genus of Gram-positive, catalase-positive, rod-shaped bacteria in the phylum Actinobacteria.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Nocardia genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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