Rhodococcus opacus explained

Rhodococcus opacus is a bacterium species in the genus Rhodococcus. It is moderately chemolithotrophic.^[1] Its genome has been sequenced.^[2] R. opacus possesses extensive catabolic pathways for both sugars and aromatics and can tolerate inhibitory compounds found in depolymerized biomass (e.g., phenolics and furfural)

Further reading

• Alvarez HM, Mayer F, Fabritius D, Steinbüchel A . Formation of intracytoplasmic lipid inclusions by Rhodococcus opacus strain PD630. . Arch Microbiol . 1996 . 165 . 6 . 377–86 . 8661931 . 10.1007/s002030050341. 27581767 .
• Alvarez, Héctor M. Biology of Rhodococcus. Vol. 16. Springer, 2010.
• Wältermann . Marc . etal . 2000 . Rhodococcus opacus strain PD630 as a new source of high-value single-cell oil? Isolation and characterization of triacylglycerols and other storage lipids . Microbiology . 146 . 5. 1143–1149 . 10.1099/00221287-146-5-1143. 10832641 . free .
• Chen. Y.. Ding. Y.. Yang. L.. Yu. J.. Liu. G.. Wang. X.. Zhang. S.. Yu. D.. Song. L.. Zhang. H.. Zhang. C.. Huo. L.. Huo. C.. Wang. Y.. Du. Y.. Zhang. H.. Zhang. P.. Na. H.. Xu. S.. Zhu. Y.. Xie. Z.. He. T.. Zhang. Y.. Wang. G.. Fan. Z.. Yang. F.. Liu. H.. Wang. X.. Zhang. X.. Zhang. M. Q.. Li. Y.. Steinbuchel. A.. Fujimoto. T.. Cichello. S.. Yu. J.. Liu. P.. Integrated omics study delineates the dynamics of lipid droplets in Rhodococcus opacus PD630. Nucleic Acids Research. 42. 2. 2013. 1052–1064. 0305-1048. 10.1093/nar/gkt932. 24150943. 3902926.
• Richardson. Paul M.. Holder. Jason W.. Ulrich. Jil C.. DeBono. Anthony C.. Godfrey. Paul A.. Desjardins. Christopher A.. Zucker. Jeremy. Zeng. Qiandong. Leach. Alex L. B.. Ghiviriga. Ion. Dancel. Christine. Abeel. Thomas. Gevers. Dirk. Kodira. Chinnappa D.. Desany. Brian. Affourtit. Jason P.. Birren. Bruce W.. Sinskey. Anthony J.. Comparative and Functional Genomics of Rhodococcus opacus PD630 for Biofuels Development. PLOS Genetics. 7. 9. 2011. e1002219. 1553-7404. 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002219. 21931557. 3169528 . free .

External links

• • LPSN
• Type strain of Rhodococcus opacus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Klatte. Stefan. Kroppenstedt. Reiner Michael. Rainey. Frederick A.. Rhodococcus opacus sp.nov., An Unusual Nutritionally Versatile Rhodococcus-species. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 17. 3. 1994. 355–360. 0723-2020. 10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80051-2.
2. Pathak. A.. Green. S. J.. Ogram. A.. Chauhan. A.. Draft Genome Sequence of Rhodococcus opacus Strain M213 Shows a Diverse Catabolic Potential. Genome Announcements. 1. 1. 2013. e00144-12–e00144-12. 2169-8287. 10.1128/genomeA.00144-12. 23409266. 3569331.