Nocardia otitidiscaviarum (DSM 44565, S639)

Name: Nocardia otitidiscaviarum (DSM 44565, S639)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 10680

Type strain

Strain Designation S639

Culture col. no. DSM 44565 S639

NCBI tax ID(s) 1823

Special Collections DSMZ

Links

Nocardia otitidiscaviarum S639 is a mesophilic human pathogen that was isolated from sputum of a patient with captic fibrosis.

mesophilic human pathogen 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 113678

DSM 44565

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:49:24

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Nocardiaceae

Genus Nocardia

Species Nocardia otitidiscaviarum

Full scientific name Nocardia otitidiscaviarum corrig. Snijders 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Nocardia caviae"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Nocardia otitidiscaviarum** (21)	Type strain
10679	N. otitidiscaviarum DSM 43242, ATCC 14629, NCTC 1934, CCUG 10075, ... (type strain)
10676	N. otitidiscaviarum N65, R 1315, Ts 23115, DSM 43010
10677	N. otitidiscaviarum A0930-H-5187, DSM 43398, IMRU 1088
10678	N. otitidiscaviarum DSM 43400, IMRU 1316
10681	N. otitidiscaviarum TSH 1, DSM 45036
10682	N. otitidiscaviarum Gdf N313, DSM 46009, CIP 751, IMET 7154, ...
10683	N. otitidiscaviarum N206, Schaal 206, DSM 46056, IMET 7457
10684	N. otitidiscaviarum N 210, N210, Schaal N210, DSM 46057, IMET ...
137218	N. otitidiscaviarum CIP 102918
138108	N. otitidiscaviarum CIP 104836, IFM 0273, JCM 7792
143705	N. otitidiscaviarum CCUG 21087, IMRU 738, ATCC 14630
161658	N. otitidiscaviarum JCM 15858, IFM 0167
161667	N. otitidiscaviarum JCM 15867, IFM 0181
161668	N. otitidiscaviarum JCM 15868, IFM 0192
161682	N. otitidiscaviarum JCM 15883, IFM 0313
161683	N. otitidiscaviarum JCM 15884, IFM 0314
161684	N. otitidiscaviarum JCM 15885, IFM 0315
161685	N. otitidiscaviarum JCM 15886, IFM 0316
161686	N. otitidiscaviarum JCM 15887, IFM 0317
161687	N. otitidiscaviarum JCM 15888, IFM 0318
161689	N. otitidiscaviarum JCM 15892, IFM 0362

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
11761	GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65) Composition: Agar 18.0 g/l Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l CaCO3 2.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
11761	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	100	7 of 7
66794	glycogen metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	100	6 of 6
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	100	13 of 13
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	photosynthesis	100	14 of 14
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	octane oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	cyanate degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	ceramide biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	isoleucine metabolism	100	8 of 8
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	aerobactin biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	valine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	heme metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
66794	citric acid cycle	92.86	13 of 14
66794	serine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	gluconeogenesis	87.5	7 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	flavin biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
66794	glutathione metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	urea cycle	84.62	11 of 13
66794	NAD metabolism	83.33	15 of 18
66794	alanine metabolism	82.76	24 of 29
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	82.35	28 of 34
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	82.22	37 of 45
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	82.14	23 of 28
66794	purine metabolism	81.91	77 of 94
66794	proline metabolism	81.82	9 of 11
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	81.82	9 of 11
66794	methionine metabolism	80.77	21 of 26
66794	propionate fermentation	80	8 of 10
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	80	8 of 10
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	starch degradation	80	8 of 10
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	80	4 of 5
66794	gallate degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	histidine metabolism	79.31	23 of 29
66794	allantoin degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	leucine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	glycolysis	76.47	13 of 17
66794	tryptophan metabolism	76.32	29 of 38
66794	lactate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	75	9 of 12
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	lipid metabolism	74.19	23 of 31
66794	lysine metabolism	73.81	31 of 42
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	72.73	8 of 11
66794	cysteine metabolism	72.22	13 of 18
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	non-pathway related	71.05	27 of 38
66794	arginine metabolism	70.83	17 of 24
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	70	7 of 10
66794	phenol degradation	70	14 of 20
66794	sulfate reduction	69.23	9 of 13
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	68.75	11 of 16
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	68.13	62 of 91
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	66.67	6 of 9
66794	methane metabolism	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	d-mannose degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	65.38	17 of 26
66794	tyrosine metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	63.64	14 of 22
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	62.5	10 of 16
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	D-cycloserine biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	58.82	10 of 17
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	degradation of hexoses	55.56	10 of 18
66794	daunorubicin biosynthesis	55.56	5 of 9
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	54.55	6 of 11
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	53.85	7 of 13
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	53.33	8 of 15
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	sphingosine metabolism	50	3 of 6
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	vitamin E metabolism	50	2 of 4
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	polyamine pathway	47.83	11 of 23
66794	degradation of pentoses	46.43	13 of 28
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	ascorbate metabolism	45.45	10 of 22
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	44.44	8 of 18
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	44.44	4 of 9
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	42.86	3 of 7
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	cellulose degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	bacilysin biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	hydrogen production	40	2 of 5
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	40	4 of 10
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	degradation of sugar acids	40	10 of 25
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
66794	carnitine metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	d-xylose degradation	36.36	4 of 11
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	36.36	4 of 11
66794	sulfoquinovose degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	aclacinomycin biosynthesis	28.57	2 of 7
66794	mevalonate metabolism	28.57	2 of 7
66794	chlorophyll metabolism	27.78	5 of 18
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Disease	-
#Infection	#Patient	-
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Sputum

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
11761	sputum of a patient with captic fibrosis	Berlin	Germany	DEU	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11761			2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Nocardia otitidiscaviarum strain DSM 44565 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence	AF536469	319	1823
20218	Nocardia otitidiscaviarum strain DSM 44565 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JN041513	462	1823
124043	Nocardia otitidiscaviarum strain DSM 44565 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MW563854	1364	1823

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	A fatal case of Nocardia otitidiscaviarum pulmonary infection and brain abscess: taxonomic characterization by molecular techniques.	Pelaez AI, Garcia-Suarez Mdel M, Manteca A, Melon O, Aranaz C, Cimadevilla R, Mendez FJ, Vazquez F.	Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob	10.1186/1476-0711-8-11	2009

References

#11761	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 44565
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

Rate our new design

Content

About us

Nocardia otitidiscaviarum (DSM 44565, S639)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Pathway annotation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

BacDive

Help

Social Media