Nocardia niigatensis NU
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Bacteria
- phylum
- Actinobacteriota
- class
- Actinomycetia
- order
- Actinomycetales
- family
- Nocardiaceae
- genus
- Nocardia
- species
- Nocardia niigatensis
description
Cells are Gramstainingpositive, nonflagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are punctiform dry, flat and orange-colored after 3 days on TSA at 30 ° C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and βgalactosidase in API 20 NE but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease and gelatinase. L-Arabinose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, gluconate and malate are utilized. Does not utilize D-glucose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, D-maltose, caprate, adipate, citrate and phenylacetate. Strain NU 4 Y- 9 - 1 (= NIBRBA 0000114874) has been isolated from ginseng soil, Anseong, Korea.