Nocardia asteroides (CIP 55.63, A 325, 302)

Name: Nocardia asteroides (CIP 55.63, A 325, 302)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 136898

Type strain

Strain Designation A 325, 302

Culture col. no. CIP 55.63 A 325 302

NCBI tax ID(s) 1824

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1955, F. Mariat, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain 302 <- School Hyg. Trop. Med., London, UK: strain A 325

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Nocardia asteroides A 325 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 69506

CIP 55.63

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:38:54

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Nocardiaceae

Genus Nocardia

Species Nocardia asteroides

Full scientific name Nocardia asteroides (Eppinger 1891) Blanchard 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Cladothrix asteroides"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Nocardia asteroides** (95)	Type strain
10640	N. asteroides 727, GA 875, M 170-6, M170-6, DSM 43757, ... (type strain)
10629	N. asteroides DSM 43132, IMRU 3409, LBG A 3051, ETH 27044
10630	N. asteroides DSM 43262
10631	N. asteroides DSM 43264
10632	N. asteroides DSM 43265
10633	N. asteroides DSM 43267
10634	N. asteroides DSM 43268
10635	N. asteroides M 4014, DSM 43140
10636	N. asteroides DSM 43255
10637	N. asteroides DSM 43258
10638	N. asteroides DSM 43259
10639	N. asteroides DSM 43573, SN 6300
10642	N. asteroides DSM 44145
10644	N. asteroides DSM 46010, CIP 369, IMET 7158
10645	N. asteroides DSM 46011, CIP 717, IMET 7159
128416	N. asteroides STI07445(IMET), N10, IMET 7445
128417	N. asteroides STI07446(IMET), N12, IMET 7446
128418	N. asteroides STI07450(IMET), N23, IMET 7450
128419	N. asteroides STI07451(IMET), N57, IMET 7451
128420	N. asteroides STI07595(IMET), AB621, Cl752/79,
128421	N. asteroides STI07596(IMET), Cl76/81, AB369,
128422	N. asteroides STI07719(IMET), Cl324,
128423	N. asteroides STI07723(IMET), Cl733,
128424	N. asteroides STI07724(IMET), Cl1110,
128425	N. asteroides STI07725(IMET), Cl1111,
128426	N. asteroides STI07728(IMET), Cl1134/2,
128427	N. asteroides STI07729(IMET), 1342-73,
128429	N. asteroides STI07027, IMET 7027
128430	N. asteroides STI07028,
128432	N. asteroides STI07227(IMET), 750-264,
128433	N. asteroides STI07231(IMET), Noc. 624,
128434	N. asteroides STI07268(IMET), ME 347/24,
128435	N. asteroides STI07269(IMET), ME 347/21,
128436	N. asteroides STI07316(IMET), Czechoslovacja,
128437	N. asteroides STI07317(IMET), USA,
128438	N. asteroides STI07320(IMET), 1044 Szcezin,
128439	N. asteroides STI07321(IMET), Mordarska1058,
128440	N. asteroides ST000776,
128441	N. asteroides STI07314(IMET), NZM,
128442	N. asteroides STI07315(IMET), Praga,
128443	N. asteroides STI07318(IMET), Kopenhaga,
128444	N. asteroides STI07319(IMET), Francja,
128445	N. asteroides STI07322(IMET), Mordarska4071,
128446	N. asteroides STI07395(IMET), 1174/2,
128447	N. asteroides STI07443(IMET), N7, IMET 7443
128448	N. asteroides STI07444(IMET), N9, IMET 7444
128449	N. asteroides STI07448(IMET), N16, IMET 7448
128451	N. asteroides STI07461(IMET), N228, IMET 7461
128452	N. asteroides STI07122,
128453	N. asteroides STI07139, RIA 440
128455	N. asteroides ST002105,
128456	N. asteroides ST002106,
128457	N. asteroides ST002107,
128458	N. asteroides ST002108,
128459	N. asteroides ST002112,
128460	N. asteroides ST002104,
128461	N. asteroides STI07270(IMET), M 1011/255,
128464	N. asteroides STI07454(IMET), N80, IMET 7454
128465	N. asteroides ST002109,
128466	N. asteroides ST018510,
128467	N. asteroides ST018511,
128468	N. asteroides ST000758,
128469	N. asteroides ST002110,
128470	N. asteroides ST002111,
128471	N. asteroides STI07597(IMET), AB2311, Cl3077/79,
128472	N. asteroides STI07601(IMET), Cl762,
128473	N. asteroides STI07709(IMET), Cl1281,
128474	N. asteroides STI07718(IMET), Cl331,
128475	N. asteroides STI07726(IMET), Cl1112,
128476	N. asteroides STI07727(IMET), Cl1134/1,
136916	N. asteroides 320, CIP 55.74
142035	N. asteroides CCUG 10094
142036	N. asteroides CCUG 10096
142037	N. asteroides CCUG 10097
142039	N. asteroides CCUG 10102
142040	N. asteroides CCUG 10104
142041	N. asteroides CCUG 10105
142042	N. asteroides CCUG 10106
142043	N. asteroides CCUG 10107
142045	N. asteroides CCUG 10111
142046	N. asteroides CCUG 10112
142047	N. asteroides CCUG 10113
142048	N. asteroides CCUG 10114
142049	N. asteroides CCUG 10115
142050	N. asteroides CCUG 10116
142051	N. asteroides CCUG 10117
142052	N. asteroides CCUG 10118, CCM 3250
142053	N. asteroides CCUG 10119
142054	N. asteroides CCUG 10122
145159	N. asteroides CCUG 27776
145568	N. asteroides CCUG 28843
147083	N. asteroides CCUG 32820
150936	N. asteroides CCUG 42783
156237	N. asteroides CCUG 60830
156695	N. asteroides CCUG 64180

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
36637	positive	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Composition	Medium link
36637	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar	Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
36637	CIP Medium 3		Medium recipe at CIP
36637	CIP Medium 72		Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
36637	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

36637

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
36637	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
36637	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
36637	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
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
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
36637	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
36637	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
36637	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
36637	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
36637	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 )
#36637	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 55.63
#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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