Nocardia asteroides (Eppinger) Blanchard in the soils of the Ukrainian SSR
Nesterenko, O.A.; Kvasnikov, E.I.; Kasumova, S.A.; Rudaia, S.P.; Panchenko, L.P.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 6: 80-84
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 380243 Document Number: 144127
The distribution of Nocardia asteroides (Eppinger) Blanchard, the main causative agent of nocardiosis in humans and animals, in the soils of the Ukrainian SSR was studied. This species was found to inhabit cultivated soils in various soil-climatic zones of the Ukrainian SSR. The isolated strains proved to be heterogeneous in their properties. N. asteroides fell into 2 groups: acetamidase-negative (A) and acetamidase-positive (B). Newly isolated N. asteroides belonging to the acetamidase-positive group were shown to be always pathogenic, whereas the organisms of the acetamidase-negative group could be pathogenic and non-pathogenic in white mice.