Rare Halophilic Nocardiopsis from Algerian Saharan Soils as Tools for Biotechnological Processes in Pharmaceutical Industry

Table 3

Differential characteristics between isolates of the first cluster and phylogenetically related species Nocardiopsis xinjiangensis YIM 90004^T.

(a)

Characteristics

Isolates AH

N. xinjiangensis YIM 90004^T

4

15

17

24

25

33

36

44

46

47

57

62

65

Degradation of organic compounds:

Starch

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

Gelatin

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

Carbon source utilization:

Cellobiose

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Fructose

-

-

+

-

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Galactose

-

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Glucose

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

Melibiose

-

+

-

-

-

+

+

-

-

+

+

-

+

-

Raffinose

-

-

-

+

-

+

-

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

Ribose

+

+

+

-

-

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

+

-

Xylose

-

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

-

+

+

+

-

Nitrogen source utilization:

Alanine

+

-

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Proline

-

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

+

Serine

-

+

+

-

-

+

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

+

Nitrate reductase

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

-

Decarboxylation of sodium salts:

Acetate

-

+

-

+

+

-

+

+

+

+

-

+

+

-

(b)

Temperature range (optimum) (°C)	28-37 (30)	20-40 (28)
pH range (optimum)	7-9 (7)	6.0-10.0 (7.2)
Diagnostic sugars	Glu, rib	Xylose, arabinose, and galactose
Major phospholipids	PG, PC, PME, and PI	PG, PI

+, property present; -, property absent. All experiments were done in duplicates. DPG: diphosphatidylglycerol; PC: phosphatidylcholine; PE: phosphatidylethanolamine; PG: phosphatidylglycerol; PI: phosphatidylinositol; PME: phosphatidylmethylethanolamine.