Table 1.

Jannat-Khah et al. [2] report 4 strains of Nocardia that were genotypically similar and named them Nocardia mikamii sp. in honor of Dr. Yuzuru Mikami.

Nocardia strains collected between 2001 and 2007	Isolate site	Phenotypic differentiating property	Genetic analysis
(1) W7467	Respiratory isolate		100% similar to other 3 strains
(2) W7811	Respiratory isolate	Did not assimilate trehalose	100% similar to other 3 strains
(3) W8061	Respiratory isolate	No aryl sulfatase production at 14 days	100% similar to other 3 strains
(4) W9013	Respiratory isolate	Did not assimilate D galactose	100% similar to other three strains