Occurrence of Nocardia in near shore marine environments and its public and environmental implications

Luke Wright; Mohammad Katouli; D. İpek Kurtböke

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Occurrence of Nocardia in near shore marine environments and its public and environmental implications

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Occurrence of Nocardia in near shore marine environments and its public and environmental implications

Luke Wright, Mohammad Katouli and D. İpek Kurtböke

Microbiology Australia, Vol.46(3), pp.135-140

2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/MA25039

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Abstract

Since 2003, large foaming events resembling ‘chocolate mousse-like foam’ have been reported along several popular beaches on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, following storms and turbulent sea water events. Earlier studies at the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) first highlighted that these foaming events contained an abundance of filamentous actinomycete species, specifically from the genus Nocardia. Species of this genus are frequently detected in the foams of sewage treatment plants during the activated sludge process. Nocardiae can form an extensive mycelial network and trap fats, oil and grease, which exacerbates foam formation. In addition, Nocardia species are known to be pathogenic and cause various diseases including nocardiosis in human and animal hosts. This review focusses on the occurrence, diversity and virulence properties of Nocardia species with examples of isolations of Nocardiae from foaming coastal marine waters of the region.

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Title: Occurrence of Nocardia in near shore marine environments and its public and environmental implications
Authors: Luke Wright - University of the Sunshine Coast
Mohammad Katouli (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
D. İpek Kurtböke (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Publication details: Microbiology Australia, Vol.46(3), pp.135-140
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date published: 2025
DOI: 10.1071/MA25039
ISSN: 2201-9189
Copyright note: © 2025 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of the ASM. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)
Data Availability: Data is presented in the Tables and Figures of the text.
Organisation Unit: School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991162745602621
Output Type: Journal article

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