“…Phenotypic characteristics that distinguish strains 117 T and 43401 T from one another and from the type strains of phylogenetically close Nocardia species Strains: 1, strain 117 T ; 2, strain 43401 T ; 3, Nocardia abscessus DSM 44432 T ; 4, Nocardia africana DSM 44491 T ; 5, Nocardia asteroides ATCC 19247 T ; 6, Nocardia crassostreae ATCC 700418 T ; 7, N. nova JCM 6044 T ; 8, Nocardia otitidiscaviarum NCTC 1934 T ; 9, N. pseudobrasiliensis ATCC 51512 T ; 10, Nocardia transvalensis DSM 43405 T ; 11, Nocardia vaccinii DSM 43285 T ; 12, Nocardia vinacea JCM 10988 T ; 13, Nocardia xishanensis CGMCC 4.1860 T . Data were taken from this study and previous studies (Yassin et al, 2000b(Yassin et al, , 2001bAlbuquerque de Barros et al, 2003;Zhang et al, 2003Zhang et al, , 2004. +, Positive; 2, negative; d, doubtful; ND, not determined.…”