Table 4. Carbohydrates fermentation test for actinomycetoma discrimination.

Organism	Utilization as a sole source of carbon
	D- Galactose	D- glucose	I -myoinositol	D- manitol	L-ramnose	D-sorbitol	D-trehalose
Nocardia asteroides	V	+	-	-	V	-	V
Nocardia brasiliensis	+	+	+	+	-	-	+
Nocardia otitidiscaviarum	-	+	+	V	-	-	V
Nocardia farcinica	-	+	-	-	+	-	-
Actinomadura madurae	NA	NA	+	+	+	+	+
Actinomadura Pelletieri	NA	NA	+	-	-	-	+
Streptomyces somaliensis	NA	NA	+	-	-	-	-

V, variable; NA, not available