nocardia

noun

no·​car·​dia nō-ˈkärd-ē-ə 

1

capitalized : a genus of aerobic actinomycetous bacteria that form limited mycelia which tend to break up into rod-shaped cells and occasionally form spores by fragmentation but develop neither conidia nor endospores and that include various pathogens as well as some soil-dwelling saprophytes

2

: any bacterium of the genus Nocardia

nocardial

-əl 

adjective