Pseudonocardia
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Pseudonocardia is the type genus of the bacteria family Pseudonocardiaceae
. Members of this genus have been found living mutualistically in the metapleural glands of the leafcutter ant
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Pseudonocardiaceae
Pseudonocardiaceae is a family of bacteria in the order Actinomycetales.-Genera:* Type genus: Pseudonocardia, Henssen 1957 * Actinoalloteichus* Actinobispora* Actinomycetospora* Allokutzneria* Amycolata...
. Members of this genus have been found living mutualistically in the metapleural glands of the leafcutter ant
Leafcutter ant
Leafcutter ants, a non-generic name, are any of 47 species of leaf-chewing ants belonging to the two genera Atta and Acromyrmex.These species of tropical, fungus-growing ants are all endemic to South, Central America, Mexico and parts of the southern United States.The Acromyrmex and Atta ants have...
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Species
- Type species: Pseudonocardia thermophila, HenssenAino HenssenAino Henssen , was a German lichenologist.-Career:She obtained her doctorate in 1953. She was curator of the Botanisches Institut at Philipps-Universität in Marburg, Germany....
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(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 oroxyliPseudonocardia oroxyliPseudonocardia oroxyli is a soil-dwelling actinomycete that was isolated from the roots of the South-East Asia tree Oroxylum indicum....
, 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.