Nocardia abscessus

Kim, Mi-Sun, Lee, Ji-Hee, Kang, Joo-Won, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Jeon, Che-Ok & Seong, Chi-Nam, 2016, A report of 38 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria, Journal of Species Research 5 (2), pp. 223-234 : 229

Description of Nocardia abscessus W4-2-4

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, nonpigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex and entire after 2 days on R2A at 25°C. In API 20NE gallery, negative for nitrate reduction, arginine dihydrolase, urease, indole production, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase and β -galactosidase. Dglucose, D-mannitol, potassium gluconate and malic acid are utilized, but L-arabinose, D-mannose, trisodium citrate, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, capric acid, adipic acid and phenylacetic acid are not utilized. Strain W4- 2-4 (= NIBRBA0000114210) has been isolated from a mineral water sample, Daejeon, Korea.