Rhodococcus erythropolis
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.
Rhodococcus erythropolis | |
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Scientific 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 | |
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References
- 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.
- Bell TE. (2007). "Preventing "Sick" Spaceships". NASA Science. NASA. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
Further reading
- Lee, M.; Kim, M.K.; Singleton, I.; Goodfellow, M.; Lee, S.-T. (2006). "Enhanced biodegradation of diesel oil by a newly identified Rhodococcus baikonurensis EN3 in the presence of mycolic acid". Journal of Applied Microbiology. 100 (2): 325–333. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02756.x. ISSN 1364-5072.
- YOON, Jaewoo; MIWA, Hiroki; AHMED, Iftikhar; YOKOTA, Akira; FUJIWARA, Toru (2010). "Rhodococcus baikonurensis BTM4c, a Boron-Tolerant Actinobacterial Strain Isolated from Soil". Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 74 (1): 178–181. doi:10.1271/bbb.90464. ISSN 0916-8451.
- Kuhad, Ramesh Chander, and Ajay Singh. Biotechnology for Environmental Management and Resource Recovery. Springer, 2013.
- Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 3: Archaea. Bacteria: Firmicutes, Actinomycetes. Vol. 3. Springer, 2006.
- Sneath, Peter HA, et al. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Volume 5. Williams & Wilkins, 1986.
- Alvarez, Héctor M. Biology of Rhodococcus. Vol. 16. Springer, 2010.
External links
- "Rhodococcus erythropolis" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- LPSN
- Type strain of Rhodococcus baikonurensis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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