Goodfellow M, Minnikin D E, Todd C, Alderson G, Minnikin S M, Collins M D
J Gen Microbiol. 1982 Jun;128(6):1283-97. doi: 10.1099/00221287-128-6-1283.
Twenty-one strains of Nocardia amarae and marker cultures of Mycobacterium, Nocardia, Rhodococcus and the 'aurantiaca' taxon were subjected to numerical phenetic analyses using 92 unit characters. The data were examined using the simple matching (SSM), Jaccard (SJ) and pattern (DP) coefficients and clustering was achieved using the unweighted average linkage algorithm. Neither cluster nor aggregate cluster composition was markedly affected by the coefficient used or by test error, estimated at 1.5%. The N. amarae strains formed a distinct and homogeneous cluster which showed its highest similarity to phena equated with Nocardia asteroides, Nocardia brasiliensis and Nocardia otitidis-caviarum. The non-hydroxylated fatty acid composition and overall size of the mycolic acids was similar to that found to be characteristic of Nocardia sensu stricto, though the long-chain in the 2-position of the mycolic acids was relatively much richer in monounsaturated components. Nocardia amarae, in containing dihydrogenated menaquinones with nine isoprene units, is clearly distinguished from established representatives of Nocardia.
对21株阿马诺卡菌以及分枝杆菌、诺卡菌、红球菌和“橙色类群”的标准培养物进行了数值分类分析，使用了92个单位性状。数据采用简单匹配系数（SSM）、杰卡德系数（SJ）和模式系数（DP）进行检验，并使用非加权平均连锁算法进行聚类。聚类或聚合聚类组成均未受到所用系数或估计为1.5%的检验误差的显著影响。阿马诺卡菌菌株形成了一个独特且同质的聚类，与等同于星形诺卡菌、巴西诺卡菌和耳腔诺卡菌的类群显示出最高的相似性。非羟基化脂肪酸组成和分枝菌酸的总体大小与狭义诺卡菌的特征相似，尽管分枝菌酸2位的长链相对富含更多的单不饱和成分。阿马诺卡菌含有具有9个异戊二烯单位的二氢甲萘醌，这使其与已确定的诺卡菌代表明显区分开来。
