Nocardia niigatensis NU

Ko, Kwan Su, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung-Bum, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwangyeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Ki-seong & Lee, Soon Dong, 2017, A report of 34 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Actinobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (1), pp. 1-14 : 9

Description of Nocardia niigatensis NU 4Y-9-1

Cells are Gram­staining­positive, non­flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are punctiform dry, flat and orange-colored after 3 days on TSA at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and β­galactosidase in API 20NE but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease and gelatinase. L-Arabinose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, gluconate and malate are utilized. Does not utilize D-glucose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, D-maltose, caprate, adipate, citrate and phenylacetate. Strain NU 4Y-9-1 (= NIBRBA 0000114874) has been isolated from ginseng soil, Anseong, Korea.