title: Relationships between the physiological characteristics and pathogenicity of Nocardia brasiliensis.
abstract: The analysis of 19 physiological properties of 28 strains of Nocardia brasiliensis isolated from soil reveal differences which could be of great value in distinguishing pathogenic from nonpathogenic strains.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051379:Mice; D009615:Nocardia / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000503:physiopathology; D013696:Temperature; D014774:Virulence