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Nocardia nova (DSM 44560, S556)

Name: Nocardia nova (DSM 44560, S556)
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BacDive ID 10740

Type strain

Strain Designation S556

Culture col. no. DSM 44560 S556

NCBI tax ID(s) 37330

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- H. Mauch, Hospital Zehlendorf-Heckeshorn; S556

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Nocardia nova S556 is a human pathogen that was isolated from sputum of a patient.

human pathogen 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 113674

DSM 44560

@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
10738	N. nova 2-40, A-0288, DSM 43843, IAM 0501, JCM 3288, ...
10739	N. nova S548, DSM 44559
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

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
11757	TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
11757	positive	growth	28

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

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

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
11757	sputum of a patient	Homo sapiens	Berlin	Germany	DEU	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11757			2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Nocardia nova strain DSM 44560 note copy 1 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence	AF536463	322		37330
20218	Nocardia nova strain DSM 44560 note copy 2 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence	AF536464	322		37330

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#11757	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 44560
#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 )
#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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