JCM Catalogue

Nocardia asteroides (Eppinger 1891) Blanchard 1896
Taxonomy in NCBI database: Bacteria; Actinomycetota; Actinomycetes; Mycobacteriales; Nocardiaceae.
3384T <-- CCM 2754 <-- M. P. Lechevalier 727 <-- R. E. Gordon 727 <-- L. Ajello M170-6 <-- W. M. Bowman PSA 165.
Accessioned in 1985.
=ATCC 19247 =CCM 2754 =CCUG 10073 =CECT 3051 =CGMCC 4.1165 =CIP 104503 =DSM 43373 =DSM 43757 =HUT 6572 =IFM 0319 =IFO 15531 =IMET 7547 =KCTC 9956 =MTCC 274 =NBRC 15531 =NCAIM B.01954 =NCIMB 12082 =NCTC 11293 =NRRL B-3828 =PCM 2254.
Type strain [596].
Medium: 43;  Temperature: 28°C; Rehydration fluid: 656.   more information +  Full / Short version of the cataloguepage top
Biochemistry/Physiology: [2037,2369].
Numerical taxonomy: [719,760,987,2073,2327,2866,2899,2964].
Cell wall: [3741]; N-glycolyl Mur [276,277,4176].
Fatty acid: [2369,3821].
Quinone: MK-8(H4) [391,1923,2332], MK-8(II,III-H4, ω-cycl) [2384].
Polar lipid: [264,751].
G+C (mol%): 70.3 (Tm) [264], 74.6 (Tm) [1979,2074], 69.0 (HPLC) [2369], 69.9 (genome sequence) [10622,12227].
DNA-DNA relatedness: [2369].
Phylogeny: 16S rRNA gene (AF430019, DQ659898, X80606, X84850, Z36934) [3760,3951,4091,5533,8968].
Other taxonomic data: Mycolic acid [720,1114,2369,3821,4233,4767]; Ribosomal protein [3544,3656,3947,3952]; rRNA-DNA relatedness [1979,2074].
Genome sequence: BAFO00000000 [10622], FOTX00000000, LR134352, VBUS00000000.
NCBI Assembly ID: GCA_900637185 (GenBank), GCF_900637185 (RefSeq).
BacDive ID: 10640.
NCBI Taxonomy ID: 1824.
Genomic DNA is available from RIKEN BRC-DNA Bank: JGD07465.
Publication(s) using this strain [A04007, A04012, A06229, A15197].
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6044 <-- M. Tsukamura 23095 <-- R. E. Gordon R443 (1) <-- I. B. Christison <-- N. F. Conant 2338.
Accessioned in 1986.
=ATCC 33726 =BCRC 13746 =CCUG 45939 =CECT 3056 =CGMCC 4.1705 =CGMCC 4.1879 =CIP 104777 =DSM 44481 =IFM 0290 =IFO 15556 =IMSNU 21197 =IMSNU 21201 =KCTC 9959 =NBRC 15556 =VKM Ac-1971.
Nocardia asteroides.
Type strain [133,2073].
Medium: 43;  Temperature: 28°C; Rehydration fluid: 656.   more information +
Biochemistry/Physiology: [2073,2369,2866].
Numerical taxonomy: [1905,2073,2866].
Fatty acid: [2369].
G+C (mol%): 67.3 (HPLC) [2369], 67.9 (genome sequence) [12227].
DNA-DNA relatedness: [2369,2866].
Phylogeny: 16S rRNA gene (AF430028, AY191250, DQ659911, GQ376190, X80593, Z36930) [3760,3943,5533,8968], gyrB (AB075571, AB450797, GQ496102).
Other taxonomic data: Mycolic acid [2866,4233,4767]; Ribosomal protein [3947].
Taxonomy: [2866].
Genome sequence: BDBN00000000.
Production: Nocardimicins G, H and I [9405].
NCBI Assembly ID: GCA_001613005 (GenBank), GCF_001613005 (RefSeq).
BacDive ID: 10742.
NCBI Taxonomy ID: 37330.
Publication(s) using this strain [B05096, A05165, A06229, B07056, A09268, A11339, A13030, B16233, A19541, A21396].
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3002 <-- KCC A-0002 <-- T. Yamaguchi <-- ATCC 3308 <-- S. A. Waksman <-- J. Ørskov.
Accessioned in 1983.
=ATCC 3308 =BCRC 13364 =BCRC 16268 =CIP 104821 =DSM 43289 =IFO 3384 =IID 1646 =IMET 7020 =LMG 4062 =NBRC 3384.
Nocardia asteroides.
Medium: 43;  Temperature: 37°C; Rehydration fluid: 656.   more information +
Biochemistry/Physiology: [1047,2257,2369,4067].
Numerical taxonomy: [1824].
Cell wall: Chemotype IV A [1818].
Fatty acid: [2369].
Quinone: MK-8(H4) [1923,2610].
Polar lipid: [264].
G+C (mol%): 68 (UV) [1898], 70.2 (HPLC) [2369].
DNA-DNA relatedness: [1898,2369].
Taxonomy: [2369].
More information: Degrades cholesterol [2257].
BacDive ID: 10666.
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3016 <-- KCC A-0016 <-- IFM 0001 <-- R. E. Gordon 411 <-- J. M. Coffey 50250.
Accessioned in 1983.
=IFM 0001.
Nocardia asteroides.
Medium: 43, 505;  Temperature: 37°C; Rehydration fluid: 656.   more information +
Source: Abscess.
Biochemistry/Physiology: [2257].
Phylogeny: 16S rRNA gene (AB546395).
More information: Reduces benzoate to benzyl alcohol [3652]; Cataloged as Nocardia asteroides until Feb. 2010; Closely related to Nocardia wallacei from the 16S rRNA gene sequence.
BacDive ID: 163724.
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3316 <-- KCC A-0316 <-- IFM 0006 <-- ITK <-- IMRU 3409.
Accessioned in 1984.
=CIP 104828 =IFM 0006.
Nocardia asteroides.
Medium: 57;  Temperature: 37°C; Rehydration fluid: 656.   more information +
Biochemistry/Physiology: [2257].
More information: Degrades cholesterol [2257].
BacDive ID: 136348.
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15834 <-- IFM 0002 (Nocardia asteroides) <-- ITK <-- R. E. Gordon IMRU 439 <-- I. B. Christison <-- N. F. Conant 2280 <-- J. F. Mohn.
Accessioned in 2009.
=IFM 0002.
Nocardia asteroides.
Medium: 43;  Temperature: 28°C; Rehydration fluid: 656.   more information +
Source: Brain abscess [1047].
Taxonomy: [1047].
BacDive ID: 161636.
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3317 <-- KCC A-0317 <-- IFM 0094 <-- A. González Ochoa 4405.
Accessioned in 1984.
=IFM 0094.
Nocardia brasiliensis.
Nocardia asteroides.
Medium: 57;  Temperature: 37°C; Rehydration fluid: 656.   more information +
More information: Cataloged as Nocardia brasiliensis until May 2010.
BacDive ID: 164471.
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Overseas A (Freeze-dried or L-dried culture) or C (Actively growing culture on request)
Viability and purity assays of this product were performed at the time of production as part of quality control. The authenticity of the culture was confirmed by analyzing an appropriate gene sequence, e.g., the 16S rRNA gene for prokaryotes, the D1/D2 region of LSU rRNA gene, the ITS region of the nuclear rRNA operon, etc. for eukaryotes. The characteristics and/or functions of the strain appearing in the catalogue are based on information from the corresponding literature and JCM does not guarantee them.
6045 <-- M. Tsukamura 23087 <-- I. Uesaka <-- N. M. McClung 205 <-- S. McMillan N-12.
Accessioned in 1986.
=ATCC 23826 =CIP 104834 =IFM 0291.
"Nocardia paratuberculosis".
Nocardia asteroides.
Medium: 43;  Temperature: 28°C; Rehydration fluid: 656.   more information +
Source: Human sputa [2073].
Biochemistry/Physiology: [2073,2369,4067].
Numerical taxonomy: [2073,2866].
Fatty acid: [2369].
G+C (mol%): 70.7 (HPLC) [2369].
DNA-DNA relatedness: [2369].
Other taxonomic data: Mycolic acid [4233,4767].
More information: Proposed type strain of "Nocardia paratuberculosis" [2073].
BacDive ID: 138107.
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