Nocardia nova (DSM 43843, IAM 0501, JCM 3288)

Name: Nocardia nova (DSM 43843, IAM 0501, JCM 3288)
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BacDive ID 10738

Type strain

Strain Designation 2-40, A-0288

Culture col. no. DSM 43843 IAM 0501 JCM 3288 KCC A-0288 NRRL B-16175 10 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 37330

Special Collections DSMZ JCM KCTC CIP

History DSMZ <- KCC, ("Nocardia pseudosporangifera") <- IAM <- N. Seto and H. Iizuka, 2-40 JCM <-- KCC A-0288 <-- IAM 501 <-- N. Seto and H. Iizuka 2-40. CIP <- 1996, JCM <- KCC: strain A-0288 <- IAM <- N. Seto and H. Iizuka: strain 2-40

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Nocardia nova 2-40 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped human pathogen that was isolated from soil from Nishiyama oil field.

Gram-positive rod-shaped obligate aerobe human pathogen 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 50434

CIP 104825,IAM 0501,JCM 3288,VKM Ac-1079,DSM 43843,NRRL B-16175,CCRC 11086,KCTC 3489,BCRC 11086,NBRC 103080

@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 nova

Full scientific name Nocardia nova Tsukamura 1983

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Nocardia nova** (28)	Type strain
10742	N. nova 23095, 2338, R443(1), R443, DSM 44481, ATCC ... (type strain)
10734	N. nova BL-29, DSM 40806, ATCC 15074
10735	N. nova 443 (1), DSM 43207, DSM 438
10736	N. nova 443 (2), DSM 43209, DSM 440
10737	N. nova DSM 43256
10739	N. nova S548, DSM 44559
10740	N. nova S556, DSM 44560
10741	N. nova S559, DSM 44561
136350	N. nova 93, 23006, CIP 104840, IFM 0309, JCM 9098, ...
138476	N. nova 23205, CIP 104839, IFM 0308, JCM 9097, IMSNU ...
152630	N. nova CCUG 47233
152675	N. nova CCUG 47330
154223	N. nova CCUG 52801
154629	N. nova CCUG 54644
154981	N. nova CCUG 55938
155368	N. nova CCUG 57480
156028	N. nova CCUG 60123
156095	N. nova CCUG 60357
157218	N. nova CCUG 70657
161637	N. nova JCM 15835, IFM 0003
161659	N. nova JCM 15859, IFM 0168
161673	N. nova JCM 15873, IFM 0250
161674	N. nova JCM 15874, IFM 0251
161677	N. nova JCM 15877, IFM 0274
161680	N. nova JCM 15880, ATCC 9970, IFM 0310
161681	N. nova JCM 15882, IFM 0312
173340	N. nova CIMB 04-5494, CRBIP17.119
173341	N. nova CIMB120, CIMB 04-2900, CRBIP17.120

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
115963	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

115963

Hemolysis ability0

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
11326	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
39110	MEDIUM 146 - for Nocardia farcinica and Nocardia pseudosporangifera		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Sodium chloride (5.000 g);Agar(15.000 g);Glucose (10.000 g);Yeast extract (2.000 g);Beef extract (1.000 g)
115963	CIP Medium 146	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
11326	positive	growth	28
39110	positive	growth	30
67770	positive	growth	28
115963	positive	growth	25-41
115963	negative	growth	10
115963	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

115963

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
115963	NaCl	positive	growth	0-4 %
115963	NaCl		growth	6 %
115963	NaCl		growth	8 %
115963	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
115963	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
115963	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
115963	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
115963	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
115963	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
115963	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
115963	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
115963	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
115963	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
115963	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
115963	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
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
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
115963	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
115963	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
115963	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
115963	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
115963	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
115963	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
115963	gelatinase	+/-
115963	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
115963	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
115963	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
115963	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
115963	oxidase	-
115963	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
115963	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
115963	tryptophan deaminase	-
115963	tween esterase	-
115963	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

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
115963	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
115963	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	+/-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	+/-	+/-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
115963	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Industrial	#Oil reservoir
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
11326	soil from Nishiyama oil field	Niigata	Japan	JPN	Asia
67770	Soil	Nishiyama oil field, Niigata Pref.	Japan	JPN	Asia
115963	Environment, Soil	Niigata	Japan	JPN	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence Z37136 (>99% sequence identity) for Nocardia nova from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	11
Soil Samples	25
Animal Samples	6
Plant Samples	5
Total Samples	47

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11326			2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
115963			2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	N.pseudosporangifera gene for 16S ribosomal RNA	Z37136	1472		53430

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Microbial alkyl- and aryl-sulfatases: mechanism, occurrence, screening and stereoselectivities.	Toesch M, Schober M, Faber K.	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-013-5438-0	2014

References

#11326	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 43843
#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 )
#39110	; Curators of the CIP;
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#115963	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104825
#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 )

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Nocardia nova (DSM 43843, IAM 0501, JCM 3288)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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