Nocardia

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Abstract
In 1888, Nocard isolated the microorganism responsible for a disease in cattle known as farcy. Eppinger, in 1890, isolated the same pathogen from man. With time, this aerobic gram-positive, partially acid-fast, branching rod became known as Nocardia. Whether Nocardia is a bacterium or fungus was debated for some years. Nocardia has now been classified according to Bergey's system as a bacterium in group 17, order 1: Actinomycetales, family VI: Nocardiaceae.