Rhodococcus rhodochrous explained

Rhodococcus rhodochrous is a bacterium used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture.

It is gram positive, in the shape of rods/cocci, oxidase negative, and catalase positive.

It is industrially produced to catalyse acrylonitrile conversion to acrylamide. It is also used in the industrial production of nicotinamide (niacinamide), a derivative or active form of niacin, part of the B vitamin complex.

A 2015 study showed that Rhodococcus rhodochrous could inhibit the growth of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungal species responsible for white nose syndrome in bats.^[1]

Further reading

• Alejandro Dinamarca. M.. Orellana. L.. Aguirre. J.. Baeza. P.. Espinoza. G.. Canales. C.. Ojeda. J.. Biodesulfurization of dibenzothiophene and gas oil using a bioreactor containing a catalytic bed with Rhodococcus rhodochrous immobilized on silica. Biotechnology Letters. 19 April 2014. 36. 8. 1649–1652. 10.1007/s10529-014-1529-y. 24748430. 10533/127953. 18188820. free. Retrieved 13 November 2014.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bats Successfully Treated for White-Nose Syndrome Released Back into the Wild. The Nature Conservancy. 2015-05-20. 2015-05-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20150525013225/http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/tennessee/newsroom/bats-successfully-treated-for-white-nose-syndrome-released-back-into-the-wil.xml. 2015-05-25. dead.