TABLE 3.
Comparative chemotaxonomic testing of N. cyriacigeorgicaa
| Strainb | Genotype | Biochemical test result
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESC | URE | ACE | PYR | ARYL | α-GLU | GLU | MAL | RHA | TRE | Growth at 45°C | ||
| ATCC 14759T (drug pattern type VI) | I | + | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | + |
| N. cyriacigeorgica strains | ||||||||||||
| 02-50508 | I | + | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | + |
| 00-12607 | II | + | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | + |
| 00-7841 | II | + | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | + |
| 03-23155 | II | + | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | + |
| 05-49102 | II | + | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | + |
| 03-70718 | III | + | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | + |
| 06-51518c | III | + | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | + |
| N. asteroides ATCC 19247T | + | + | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | |
| N. farcinica ATCC 3318T | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
| N. nova ATCC 33726T | − | − | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | + | |
| N. paucivorans ATCC BAA-278T | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | |
a
ESC, esculin; URE, urease; ACE, acetamide; PYR, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase; ARYL, arylsulfatase; α−GLU, α-glucosidase; GLU, glucose; MAL, maltose; RHA, rhamnose; TRE, trehalose.
b
N. cyriacigeorgica patient isolates. Select additional Nocardia spp. were evaluated in parallel as controls, based upon the expected results of key biochemical tests.
c
Isolate from the index patient.