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| Rhodococcus rhodochrous | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Nocardiaceae |
| Genus: | Rhodococcus |
| Species: | R. rhodochrous |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhodococcus rhodochrous (Zopf 1891) Tsukamura 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) | |
Rhodococcus rhodochrous is a bacterium used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture.
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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]
