Table 2.
Differential phenotypic characteristics between strain CICC 11023T and closely related Nocardia species
Strains: 1, CICC 11023T; 2, Nocardia ninae OFN 02.72T; 3, Nocardia iowensis UI 122540T; 4, Nocardia alba YIM 30243T; 5, N ocardia vulneris NBRC 108936T; 6, Nocardia brasiliensis IFM 0236T; 7, Nocardia exalbida IFM 0803T. All data were obtained in this study unless indicated otherwise. +, positive; −, negative; w, weak.
|
Characteristic |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Growth at 37 °C |
+ |
+ |
+ |
− |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
Growth at 45 °C |
− |
− |
+ |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
Milk coagulation |
− |
− |
− |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
Milk peptonization |
+ |
− |
− |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
Carbon utilization: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Glucose |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
Mannitol |
+ |
− |
− |
+ |
+ |
w |
+ |
|
Inositol |
+ |
− |
− |
+ |
− |
− |
− |
|
Arabinose |
+ |
+ |
− |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
Maltose |
+ |
w |
+ |
+ |
− |
+ |
+ |
|
Galactose |
+ |
+ |
− |
− |
+ |
+ |
w |
|
Raffinose |
+ |
− |
− |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
Rhamnose |
w |
− |
− |
+ |
− |
− |
− |
|
Sorbitol |
w |
− |
− |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
Decomposition: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adenine |
+ |
+ |
− |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
Casein |
− |
− |
− |
− |
+ |
− |
− |
|
Tyrosine |
− |
− |
+ |
− |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
Xanthine |
− |
− |
+ |
− |
− |
− |
+ |
|
Hypoxanthine |
− |
+ |
+ |
− |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
Uric acid |
+ |
+ |
+ |
− |
+ |
− |
− |
|
Aesculin |
+ |
− |
− |
+ |
− |
− |
− |
|
Polar lipids* |
DPG, PE, uPL, uL1, uL2 |
DPG, PE, PI, PIM |
DPG, PE, PI, PIM |
DPG, PE, PI, PIM, GL |
DPG, PE, PI, PIM |
DPG, PE, PI, PIM |
DPG, PE, PI, PIM |
|
DNA G+C content (mol%) |
65.6 |
67.6 |
70.5 |
72 |
68.4 |
69.6 |
68 |
*DPG, diphosphatidylglycerol; GL, glycolipid; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; PI, phosphatidylinositol; PIM, phosphatidylinositolmannoside; uL, unidentifiedlipid; uPLunidentifiedphospholipid.