Rhodococcus erythropolis

Rhodococcus erythropolis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Nocardiaceae
Genus: Rhodococcus
Species:
R. erythropolis
Binomial name
Rhodococcus erythropolis
(Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type strain
ATCC 4277
CIP 104179
DSM 43066
HAMBI 1953
IEGM 7
IFO 15567
JCM 20419
JCM 3201
LMG 5359
N11
NBRC 15567
NCIB 9158
NCIMB 9158
NCTC 13021
NRRL B-16025
VKM Ac-858
Synonyms
  • "Mycobacterium erythropolis" Gray and Thornton 1928
  • Rhodococcus baikonurensis Li et al. 2004[1]
  • Rhodococcus degradans Švec et al. 2015
  • Rhodococcus enclensis Dastager et al. 2014
  • Rhodococcus jialingiae Wang et al. 2010
  • Rhodococcus qingshengii Xu et al. 2007

Rhodococcus erythropolis is a bacterium species in the genus Rhodococcus. It is Gram-positive. R. erythropolis has been isolated from the air of the Russian Space Laboratory Mir along with a large number of other microorganisms that steadily accumulated during the lifespan of the station.[1] Rhodococcus bacteria are known to degrade organic compounds contained in the rubber used aboard the space station with specialized enzymes.[2] This can lead to degradation of critical components and necessitates replacement of the parts or preventive measures dealing with microbial contamination.

References

  1. 1 2 Li Y, Kawamura Y, Fujiwara N, Naka T, Liu H, Huang X, Kobayashi K, Ezaki T. (2004). "Rothia aeria sp. nov., Rhodococcus baikonurensis sp. nov. and Arthrobacter russicus sp. nov., isolated from air in the Russian space laboratory Mir". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 54 (Pt 3): 827–35. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02828-0. PMID 15143031.
  2. ↑ Bell TE. (2007). "Preventing "Sick" Spaceships". NASA Science. NASA. Retrieved June 25, 2022.

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