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Nocardia farcinica (CIP 54.1)

Name: Nocardia farcinica (CIP 54.1)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 136406

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 54.1

NCBI tax ID(s) 37329

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1954, Lab. Ident. Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France, Nocardia asteroïdes <- Foch Hosp., Suresnes, France

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Nocardia farcinica CIP 54.1 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Nocardiaceae.

Gram-positive rod-shaped obligate aerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 69505

CIP 54.1

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:38

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Nocardiaceae

Genus Nocardia

Species Nocardia farcinica

Full scientific name Nocardia farcinica Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Nocardia farcinica** (67)	Type strain
10669	N. farcinica GA 919 (N 164), M 258, DSM 43665, ATCC 3318, ... (type strain)
8361	N. farcinica DSM 43527, SN 1602
10641	N. farcinica DSM 44144
10661	N. farcinica N 1 (strain Berlin), DSM 43003
10662	N. farcinica S641, N22, DSM 43006
10663	N. farcinica S643, 51.5, DSM 43063, ATCC 9504, CCM 3254, ...
10664	N. farcinica S644, DSM 43131, LBG A 3052, NCTC 6761, CCUG ...
10665	N. farcinica S390, Noc. 1, DSM 43244, ATCC 6864, DSM 43667, ...
10666	N. farcinica S738, Schering 257, A-0002, DSM 43289, ATCC ...
10667	N. farcinica S647, 24 Foal Blackwell, Schering 273, DSM ...
10668	N. farcinica DSM 43577, IMRU 3301
10670	N. farcinica 844, GA 880 (N 119), N 705, DSM 43668
10671	N. farcinica DSM 43669
10672	N. farcinica S560, DSM 44562
10673	N. farcinica S651, DSM 46004, ATCC 7372, IMET 7021, JCM ...
10674	N. farcinica A 123, DSM 46005, IMET 7141, RIA 476
10675	N. farcinica DSM 46028, CIP 736, IMET 7378, IP 736
104281	N. farcinica ST033274(HKI),
136045	N. farcinica CIP 102917, IP 77-65
136348	N. farcinica A-0316, CIP 104828, IFM 0006, JCM 3316
138107	N. farcinica 205, 23087, CIP 104834, ATCC 23826, JCM 6045, ...
142044	N. farcinica CCUG 10108
146186	N. farcinica CCUG 30543
147318	N. farcinica CCUG 33358
148594	N. farcinica CCUG 35683
148895	N. farcinica CCUG 36561
149494	N. farcinica CCUG 37854
150311	N. farcinica CCUG 39607
150582	N. farcinica CCUG 41666
150607	N. farcinica CCUG 41730
150669	N. farcinica CCUG 41922
150793	N. farcinica CCUG 42355
151586	N. farcinica CCUG 44391
151913	N. farcinica CCUG 45182
152249	N. farcinica CCUG 46208
152316	N. farcinica CCUG 46413
152331	N. farcinica CCUG 46459
152623	N. farcinica CCUG 47218
152934	N. farcinica CCUG 48061
152968	N. farcinica CCUG 48152
153222	N. farcinica CCUG 48795
153342	N. farcinica CCUG 49286
153634	N. farcinica CCUG 50443
153724	N. farcinica CCUG 50748
153842	N. farcinica CCUG 51344
153861	N. farcinica CCUG 51417
154057	N. farcinica CCUG 52147
154533	N. farcinica CCUG 54271
155295	N. farcinica CCUG 57238
156116	N. farcinica CCUG 60443
156126	N. farcinica CCUG 60477
156639	N. farcinica CCUG 63788
161639	N. farcinica JCM 15838, IFM 0021
161641	N. farcinica JCM 15840, IFM 0040
161642	N. farcinica JCM 15841, IFM 0041
161644	N. farcinica JCM 15843, IFM 0045
161645	N. farcinica JCM 15844, IFM 0046
161660	N. farcinica JCM 15860, IFM 0169
161661	N. farcinica JCM 15861, IFM 0170
161662	N. farcinica JCM 15862, IFM 0171
161663	N. farcinica JCM 15863, IFM 0172
161664	N. farcinica JCM 15864, IFM 0173
161665	N. farcinica JCM 15865, IFM 0174
161671	N. farcinica JCM 15871, IFM 0225
161678	N. farcinica JCM 15878, IFM 0275
165398	N. farcinica JCM 6410
172801	N. farcinica CIMB 05-1450, CRBIP17.117

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
35814	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
35814	MEDIUM 57 - for Streptomyces, Nocardioides, Lentzea albidocapillata and Streptoverticillium reticulum		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Agar (15.000 g);Glucose (4.000g);Yeast extract (4.000 g);Malt extract (10.000 g);Calcium carbonate (2.000 g)
35814	CIP Medium 57			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
35814	positive	growth	30
35814	positive	growth	25-45
35814	negative	growth	10

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

35814

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
35814	NaCl	positive	growth	0-4 %
35814	NaCl		growth	6 %
35814	NaCl		growth	8 %
35814	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
35814	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	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	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	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
35814	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
35814	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	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	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	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	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
35814	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
35814	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
35814	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		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	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	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
35814	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
35814	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
35814	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
35814	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
35814	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
35814	amylase	-
35814	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
35814	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
35814	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
35814	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	-		from API zym
35814	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
35814	gelatinase	-
35814	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
35814	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
35814	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
35814	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
35814	oxidase	-
35814	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
35814	tryptophan deaminase	-
35814	tween esterase	+
35814	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
35814	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-

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
35814	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
35814	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
35814		Suresnes	France	FRA	Europe
35814	Human, Brain ventricular fluid	Suresnes	France	FRA	Europe	1954

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
35814	2	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#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 )
#35814	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 54.1
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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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