nocardioides lentus nocardioides lentus nocardioides lentus is a gram-positive bacterium from the genus nocardioides which has been isolated from alkaline soil in korea. nocardioides lentus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: propionibacteriales family: nocardioidaceae genus: nocardioides species: n. lentus binomial name nocardioides lentusyoon et al. 2006 type strain dsm 16315jcm 14046kctc 19039ksl-17