[3] N. farcinica may be a causative agent of nocardiosis[4] or of secondary infections in immunocompromised patients.

[5] Strains of this species have been isolated from human brain abscesses.

[6] N. farcinica contains a 6 million base pair genome with an average GC content of 70.8%.

The chromosome encodes 5,674 potential protein-coding open reading frames.

This genome may have undergone numerous gene duplication events as a result of adapting to new environments.