Nocardia alba, Li et al., 2014

Kim, Mi-Sun, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Won-Yong, Kim, Myung-Kyum, Jeon, Che-Ok, Yi, Hana, Yoon, Jung-Hoon & Seong, Hyung-Rak Kim and Chi-Nam, 2021, Description of unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria in Korea, Journal of Species Research 10 (1), pp. 23-45 : 37

Description of Nocardia alba 19D2 V 10

Cells are facultatively aerobic, Gram­staining­positive, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are circular, flat and white colored after incubation for 4 days on MH agar at 30℃. In the API 20NE system, positive reaction for nitrate reduction, urease activity, hydrolysis of esculin, β-galactosidase activity and utilization of D-glucose, L­arabinose, D­mannose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, potassium gluconate, adipic acid and malic acid. In the API 20NE system, negative reaction for indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, hydrolysis of gelatin, oxidase activity and utilization of D­maltose, capric acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain 19D2 V10 (= NIBRBAC000503270) was isolated from soil in the Dong River, Gangwon Province, Korea (37°18′48.5″N 128°37′37.6″E).