Bacterium
nocardia nova
Definitions related to nocardia nova:
  • A species of aerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is nonmotile, catalase and urease positive, reduces nitrate, does not produce phosphate and utilizes glucose and fructose as its only carbon source. N. nova is found in the soil and is a causative agent of nocardiosis.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Nocardia nova.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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