Nocardia abscessus (DSM 44432, ATCC 23824, ATCC BAA-279)

Name: Nocardia abscessus (DSM 44432, ATCC 23824, ATCC BAA-279)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 10731

Type strain

Strain Designation VA-12

Culture col. no. DSM 44432 ATCC 23824 ATCC BAA-279 IMMIB D-1599 IMMIB N-63 8 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1206723 120957

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP Wink compendium

History DSMZ <- A. F. Yassin; IMMIB D-1592 <- Inst. of Medical Microbiology, Hannover CIP <- 2002, H. Marchandin, Montpellier, France: strain B1162 JCM <-- DSM 44432 <-- A. F. Yassin IMMIB D-1592. CIP <- 2000, JCM <- DSMZ <- AF Yassin IMMIB D-1592

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Nocardia abscessus VA-12 is an aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that builds an aerial mycelium and was isolated from joint abscess of a 56 year old man with a complete endoprosthesis of one of his knees.

Gram-positive rod-shaped aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 46629

ATCC 23824,CIP 106822,JCM 10984,DSM 44432,ATCC BAA-279,JCM 6043,CCUG 45938,CCUG 46577,CIP 107496,AS 4.1723,NBRC 100374,CGMCC 4.1723

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:27:24

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Nocardiaceae

Genus Nocardia

Species Nocardia abscessus

Full scientific name Nocardia abscessus Yassin et al. 2000

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Nocardia abscessus** (5)	Type strain
10732	N. abscessus S299, DSM 44557
152378	N. abscessus CCUG 46577, CIP 107496
161201	N. abscessus JCM 12179, IFM 10308
161636	N. abscessus JCM 15834, IFM 0002
161688	N. abscessus JCM 15891, IFM 0360

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
115982	positive	rod-shaped
125438	positive		91.636
125439			94.228
125439	positive		92.334

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Incubation period	Medium used
20058	Colorless	10-14 days	ISP 2
20058	Colorless	10-14 days	ISP 3
20058	Colorless	10-14 days	ISP 4
20058	Colorless	10-14 days	ISP 5
20058	Colorless	10-14 days	ISP 6
20058	Colorless	10-14 days	ISP 7

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Complex name	Complex color	Medium name
20058	Aerial Mycelium	White	ISP 2
20058	Aerial Mycelium	White	ISP 3
20058			ISP 4
20058	Aerial Mycelium	White	ISP 5
20058	Aerial Mycelium		ISP 6
20058	Aerial Mycelium	White	ISP 7

Multimedia

@ref:	11743
multimedia content:	DSM_44432.jpg
multimedia.multimedia content:	https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/photos/DSM_44432.jpg
intellectual property rights:	© Leibniz-Institut DSMZ
manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
11743	GPHF-MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 553)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: GPHF-MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 553) Composition: Agar 20.0 g/l Glucose 10.0 g/l Beef extract 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l Casein peptone 5.0 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.74 g/l Distilled water
11743	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
20058	ISP 2		Name: ISP 2 / Yeast Malt Agar (5265); 5265 Composition Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Preparation: Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.0 Usage: Maintenance and Taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
20058	ISP 3		Name: ISP 3; 5315 Composition Dog oat flakes 20.0 g/l Trace element solution (5314) 2.5 ml/l Agar 18.0 g/l Preparation: Oat flakes are cooked for 20 minutes, trace element solution and agar are added (in the case of non rolled oat flakes the suspension has to bee filtrated). Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.8 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy (e.g. SEM As liquid medium for metabolite production) Organisms: All Actinomycetes Trace element solution 5314 Name: Trace element solution 5314; 5314 Composition CaCl2 x H2O 3.0 g/l Fe-III-citrate 1.0 g/l MnSO4 0.2 g/l ZnCl2 0.1 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 0.025 g/l Sodium tetra borate 0.2 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.004 g/l Sodium molybdate 0.01 g/l Preparation: Use double destillated water. Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Trace element solution for different media Organisms:
20058	ISP 4		Name: ISP 4; DSM 547 Solution I: Difco soluble starch, 10.0 g. Make a paste of the starch with a small amount of cold distilled water and bring to a volume of 500 ml. Solution II: CaCO3 2.0 g K2HPO4 (anhydrous) 1.0 g MgSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g NaCl 1.0 g (NH4)2SO4 2.0 g Distilled water 500.0 ml Trace salt solution (see below) 1.0 ml The pH should be between 7.0 and 7.4. Do not adjust if it is within this range. Mix solutions I and II together. Add 20.0 g agar. Liquify agar by steaming at 100°C for 10 to 20 min. Trace element solution: FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.1 g ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g Distilled water 100.0 ml
20058	ISP 5		Name: ISP 5 (5323) Composition L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l Glycerol 10.0 g/l K2HPO4 1.0 g/l Salt solution (see preparation) 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 g/l Preparation: Salt solution 1.0 g FeSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 1.0 g ZNSO4 x 7 H2O in 100 ml water Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.2 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
20058	ISP 6		Name: ISP 6 (5318) Composition Peptone 15.0 g/l Proteose peptose 5.0 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.5 g/l Sodium glycerophosphate 1.0 g/l Sodium thiosulfate 0.08 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes
20058	ISP 7		Name: ISP 7 (5322) Composition Glycerol 15.0 g/l L-Tyrosine 0.5 g/l L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l K2HPO4 0.5 g/l NaCl 0.5 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.01 g/l Trace element solution 5343 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.3 Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes
33810	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
39591	MEDIUM 116 - for Streptomyces, Nocardia, Streptosporangium and Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Agar (20.000 g);Glucose (4.000g);Yeast extract (4.000 g);Malt extract (10.000 g)
115982	CIP Medium 57	Medium recipe at CIP
115982	CIP Medium 116	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
11743	positive	growth	28
20058	positive	optimum	28
33810	positive	growth	37
39591	positive	growth	30
56995	positive	growth	30
67770	positive	growth	28
115982	positive	growth	25-37
115982	negative	growth	10
115982	negative	growth	41
115982	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
56995	aerobe
115982	obligate aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	97.933

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
115982	NaCl	positive	growth	0-2 %
115982	NaCl		growth	4 %
115982	NaCl		growth	6 %
115982	NaCl		growth	8 %
115982	NaCl		growth	10 %

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-8(H₆, ω-cycl), epoxy-MK-8(H₆, ω-cycl)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
115982	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
115982	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
115982	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
115982	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
115982	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
115982	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
115982	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
115982	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
115982	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
115982	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68379	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
115982	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
115982	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68379	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
115982	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
115982	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
115982	DNase	-
115982	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
115982	gelatinase	+/-
115982	lecithinase	-
115982	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
115982	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
115982	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
115982	oxidase	-
115982	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
115982	protease	-
68379	pyrazinamidase	+	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
115982	tryptophan deaminase	-
115982	tween esterase	-
115982	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne

API coryne

@ref	Reduction of nitrateNIT	PYZ	PYRA	PAL	beta GUR	beta GAL	alpha GLU	beta NAG	ESC	URE	GEL	Control fermentationControl	GLU	RIB	XYL	MAN	MAL	LAC	SAC	GLYG	CAT
20058	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+/-	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
20058	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-
115982	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
115982	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Patient	-
#Host Body-Site	#Other	#Abscess
#Host Body-Site	#Limb	#Joint
#Host Body-Site	#Limb	#Leg
#Host	#Human	#Male

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude
11743	joint abscess of a 56 year old man with a complete endoprosthesis of one of his knees	Homo sapiens	Hannover	Germany	DEU	Europe	52.3705	9.7332 52.3705/9.7332
56995	Human abscess	Homo sapiens
67770	Joint abscess of a 56-year-old male patient with a complete endoprosthesis in one of his knees	Homo sapiens
115982	Human, Abscess	Homo sapiens

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence GQ376194 (>99% sequence identity) for Nocardia from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	0
Soil Samples	9
Animal Samples	0
Plant Samples	5
Total Samples	14

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11743	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
20058	2	German classification According to TRBA 466
115982	2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM2073130v1 assembly for Nocardia abscessus FDAARGOS_1596	contig	GCA_020731305	120957.30	8121478528	120957	76.79
67770	ASM30845v1 assembly for Nocardia abscessus NBRC 100374	contig	GCA_000308455	1206723.4	2551306170	1206723	23.53

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Nocardia abscessus strain DSM 44432 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY544980	606	1206723
20218	Nocardia abscessus strain ATCC BAA-279 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ659895	1400	1206723
20218	Nocardia abscessus NBRC 100374 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	GQ376194	1441	1206723
20218	Nocardia abscessus NBRC 100374 strain DSM 44432 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JN041489	462	1206723
20218	N.asteroides 16S rRNA gene (ATCC 23824)	X84851	1412	1824
11743	Nocardia abscessus strain IMMIB D-1592T 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF218292	1457	1206723
124043	Nocardia abscessus strain CGMCC 4.1723 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence.	EF204471	338	1206723
124043	Nocardia abscessus strain IMMIB D-1599 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	AF218293	1457	120957

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	68.2	genome sequence analysis
67770	67.9	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM2073130v1 assembly for Nocardia abscessus FDAARGOS_1596
NCBI: GCA_020731305

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	97.93	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	92.33	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	94.23	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	39.90	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Nocardia abscessus NBRC 100374
PATRIC: 1206723.4

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	91.64	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	95.94	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	63.76	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	89.38	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	95.30	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	88.50	no

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Enzymology	Nocardimicins G, H and I, siderophores with muscarinic M3 receptor binding inhibitory activity from Nocardia nova JCM 6044.	Ikeda Y, Furumai T, Igarashi Y.	J Antibiot (Tokyo)	10.1038/ja.2005.77	2005
	Transvalencin A, a thiazolidine zinc complex antibiotic produced by a clinical isolate of Nocardia transvalensis. II. Structure elucidation.	Hoshino Y, Mukai A, Yazawa K, Uno J, Ando A, Mikami Y, Fukai T, Ishikawa J, Yamaguchi K.	J Antibiot (Tokyo)	10.7164/antibiotics.57.803	2004
Metabolism	Microbial deracemization of alpha-substituted carboxylic acids.	Kato D, Mitsuda S, Ohta H.	Org Lett	10.1021/ol0170556	2002
Pathogenicity	Effect of ciprofloxacin in the ultrastructure and development of biofilms formed by rapidly growing mycobacteria.	Munoz-Egea MC, Garcia-Pedrazuela M, Mahillo I, Esteban J.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-015-0359-y	2015
	Pulmonary nocardiosis in patients with connective tissue disease: A report of two cases.	Hagiwara S, Tsuboi H, Hagiya C, Yokosawa M, Hirota T, Ebe H, Takahashi H, Ogishima H, Asashima H, Kondo Y, Umeda N, Suzuki T, Hitomi S, Matsumoto I, Sumida T.	Intractable Rare Dis Res	10.5582/irdr.3.25	2014
Metabolism	Gut bacteria identified in colorectal cancer patients promote tumourigenesis via butyrate secretion.	Okumura S, Konishi Y, Narukawa M, Sugiura Y, Yoshimoto S, Arai Y, Sato S, Yoshida Y, Tsuji S, Uemura K, Wakita M, Matsudaira T, Matsumoto T, Kawamoto S, Takahashi A, Itatani Y, Miki H, Takamatsu M, Obama K, Takeuchi K, Suematsu M, Ohtani N, Fukunaga Y, Ueno M, Sakai Y, Nagayama S, Hara E.	Nat Commun	10.1038/s41467-021-25965-x	2021
	Recent biocatalytic oxidation-reduction cascades.	Schrittwieser JH, Sattler J, Resch V, Mutti FG, Kroutil W.	Curr Opin Chem Biol	10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.11.010	2011
Proteome	Identification of Microorganisms by Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS¹) and in Silico Peptide Mass Libraries.	Lasch P, Schneider A, Blumenscheit C, Doellinger J.	Mol Cell Proteomics	10.1074/mcp.tir120.002061	2020
	Terrestrial actinomycetes from diverse locations of Uttarakhnad, India: Isolation and screening for their antibacterial activity.	Kumar V, Bisht GS, Gusain O.	Iran J Microbiol		2013
	Total synthesis and biological evaluation of transvalencin Z.	Nelson KM, Salomon CE, Aldrich CC.	J Nat Prod	10.1021/np200972s	2012
Metabolism	Genome-guided and mass spectrometry investigation of natural products produced by a potential new actinobacterial strain isolated from a mangrove ecosystem in Futian, Shenzhen, China.	Hu D, Gao C, Sun C, Jin T, Fan G, Mok KM, Lee SM.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-018-37475-w	2019
Genetics	Bioactive Metabolites from Terrestrial and Marine Actinomycetes.	Ngamcharungchit C, Chaimusik N, Panbangred W, Euanorasetr J, Intra B.	Molecules	10.3390/molecules28155915	2023
Metabolism	Isolation of Nabscessin C from Nocardia abscessus IFM 10029(T) and a Study on Biosynthetic Pathway for Nabscessins.	Hara S, Hara Y, Arai MA, Kusuya Y, Takahashi H, Yaguchi T, Ishibashi M	Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo)	10.1248/cpb.c18-00430	2018
Phylogeny	Nabscessins A and B, Aminocyclitol Derivatives from Nocardia abscessus IFM 10029(T).	Hara S, Ishikawa N, Hara Y, Nehira T, Sakai K, Gonoi T, Ishibashi M	J Nat Prod	10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00935	2017
Phylogeny	Nocardia kruczakiae sp. nov., a pathogen in immunocompromised patients and a member of the "N. nova complex".	Conville PS, Brown JM, Steigerwalt AG, Lee JW, Anderson VL, Fishbain JT, Holland SM, Witebsky FG.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.42.11.5139-5145.2004	2004
Phylogeny	Nocardia terrae sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from soil in Thailand.	Kanchanasin P, Yuki M, Kudo T, Ohkuma M, Phongsopitanun W, Tanasupawat S.	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s00203-020-02107-3	2021
Phylogeny	Nocardia lasii sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from the cuticle of an ant (Lasius fuliginosus L).	Liu C, Bai L, Ye L, Zhao J, Yan K, Xiang W, Wang X.	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-016-0753-y	2016
Phylogeny	Nocardia rhamnosiphila sp. nov., isolated from soil.	Everest GJ, Cook AE, le Roes-Hill M, Meyers PR.	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2011.03.006	2011
Phylogeny	Nocardia callitridis sp. nov., an endophytic actinobacterium isolated from a surface-sterilized root of an Australian native pine tree.	Kaewkla O, Franco CMM.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.016337-0	2010
Phylogeny	Genomic Virulence Features of Two Novel Species Nocardia barduliensis sp. nov. and Nocardia gipuzkoensis sp. nov., Isolated from Patients with Chronic Pulmonary Diseases.	Nouioui I, Cortes-Albayay C, Neumann-Schaal M, Vicente D, Cilla G, Klenk HP, Marimon JM, Ercibengoa M	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms8101517	2020
Phylogeny	Nocardia abscessus sp. nov.	Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Mendrock U, Brzezinka H, Schaal KP	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-50-4-1487	2000

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