title: Prevalence of Nocardia species in the soil of Patiala area.
abstract: Five hundred soil samples were examined for Nocardia species in Patiala area by using paraffin bait technique. Forty (8 per cent) yielded Nocardia species. All the forty isolates identified as Nocardia asteroides were pathogenic to white mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Patiala, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007194:India; D051379:Mice; D009615:Nocardia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014781:Viscera / Q000382:microbiology