PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - P. J. Meurs AU - O. P. van Bijsterveld TI - Nocardia gypsoides corneal ulcer. AID - 10.1136/bjo.68.3.179 DP - 1984 Mar 01 TA - British Journal of Ophthalmology PG - 179--181 VI - 68 IP - 3 4099 - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/68/3/179.short 4100 - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/68/3/179.full SO - Br J Ophthalmol1984 Mar 01; 68 AB - Nocardia gypsoides, a species characterised by its ability to produce calcium sulphate granules, has been isolated for the first time from a corneal ulcer. In vivo this pseudomycete also forms gypsum. Every effort should be made to identify Actinomycetales to species level. The names Leptothrix and Streptothrix should be abandoned.