Nocardiopsis aegyptia explained

Nocardiopsis aegyptia is a Gram-positive and aerobic bacterium from the genus Nocardiopsis which has been isolated from marine sediments from the Abu Qir Bay from Alexandria in Egypt.^{[1] [2]} Nocardiopsis aegyptia can degrade poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB).^{[3] [4]}

Further reading

• Book: Atlas. Ronald M.. Handbook of microbiological media. 2010. Boca Raton, Fla.. Washington, D.C.. 978-1-4398-0408-7. 4th.

External links

• Type strain of Nocardiopsis aegyptia at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

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2. Sabry. SA. Ghanem. NB. Abu-Ella. GA. Schumann. P. Stackebrandt. E. Kroppenstedt. RM. Nocardiopsis aegyptia sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. March 2004. 54. Pt 2. 453–6. 10.1099/ijs.0.02814-0. 15023959. free.
3. Ghanem. NB. Mabrouk. ME. Sabry. SA. El-Badan. DE. Degradation of polyesters by a novel marine Nocardiopsis aegyptia sp. nov.: application of Plackett-Burman experimental design for the improvement of PHB depolymerase activity.. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. June 2005. 51. 3. 151–8. 10.2323/jgam.51.151. 16107752. free.
4. Book: Niaounakis. Michael. Biopolymers reuse, recycling, and disposal. 2013. Elsevier Science. Amsterdam. 978-1-4557-3154-1.