Rhodococcus opacus

Rhodococcus opacus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Suborder: Corynebacterineae
Family: Nocardiaceae
Genus: Rhodococcus
Species: R. opacus
Binomial name
Rhodococcus opacus
Klatte et al. 1995

Rhodococcus opacus is a bacterium species in the genus Rhodococcus. It is moderately chemolithotrophic.[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

References

  1. Klatte, Stefan; Kroppenstedt, Reiner Michael; Rainey, Frederick A. (1994). "Rhodococcus opacus sp.nov., An Unusual Nutritionally Versatile Rhodococcus-species". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 17 (3): 355–360. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80051-2. ISSN 0723-2020.
  2. Pathak, A.; Green, S. J.; Ogram, A.; Chauhan, A. (2013). "Draft Genome Sequence of Rhodococcus opacus Strain M213 Shows a Diverse Catabolic Potential". Genome Announcements 1 (1): e00144–12–e00144–12. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00144-12. ISSN 2169-8287.

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