Preferred Label : Nocardia otitidiscaviarum;
NCIt synonyms : Nocardia caviae;
NCIt definition : A species of aerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria.
This species is nonmotile, catalase and urease positive, reduces nitrate, hydrolyzes
esculin, hypoxanthine, and xanthine, but not casein, elastin, testosterone, or tyrosine.
N. otitidiscaviarum is found in soil and has only been associated with a few cases
of nocardiosis.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Nocardia otitidiscaviarum.;
Taxon ID : 1823;
Origin ID : C86617;
UMLS CUI : C0317897;
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