nocardioides terrae nocardioides terrae nocardioides terrae is a gram-positive, strictly aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus nocardioides which has been isolated from forest soil from changbai mountain in china. nocardioides terrae produces the menaquinone mk-8(h4). nocardioides terrae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: propionibacteriales family: nocardioidaceae genus: nocardioides species: n. terrae binomial name nocardioides terraezhang et al. 2009 type strain cgmcc 1.7056jcm 16799nbrc 104259va15