nocardioides luteus nocardioides luteus nocardioides luteus is a bacterium from the genus nocardioides which has been isolated from soil in khartoum, sudan. the c-10 deacetylase from nocardioides luteus can be used for enzymatic hydrolysis for producing 10-deacetyl baccatin iii. nocardioides luteus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: propionibacteriales family: nocardioidaceae genus: nocardioides species: n. luteus binomial name nocardioides luteusprauser 1985 type strain atcc 43052ccug 37986cip 103450dsm 43366dsm 43811ifo 14491imet 7830imsnu 22020jcm 3358kctc 9575lmg 16209nbrc 14491ncib 11455cimb 11455prauser 939-9vkm ac-1246