nocardiopsis terrae nocardiopsis terrae nocardiopsis terrae is a gram-positive, halophilic, facultatively alkaliphilic and obligately aerobic bacterium from the genus of nocardiopsis which has been isolated from saline soil from the qaidam basin in the qinghai province in china. nocardiopsis terrae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: streptosporangiales family: nocardiopsaceae genus: nocardiopsis species: n. terraechen et al. 2012 binomial name nocardiopsis terrae type strain cctcc aa 208011, dsm 45157, kctc 19431, yim 90022