''Rhodococcus opacus'' is a bacterium species in the genus ''
Rhodococcus
''Rhodococcus'' is a genus of aerobic, nonsporulating, nonmotile Gram-positive bacteria closely related to ''Mycobacterium'' and ''Corynebacterium''. While a few species are pathogenic, most are benign, and have been found to thrive in a broad ...
''. It is moderately
chemolithotrophic
Lithotrophs are a diverse group of organisms using an inorganic substrate (usually of mineral origin) to obtain reducing equivalents for use in biosynthesis (e.g., carbon dioxide fixation) or energy conservation (i.e., ATP production) via aerobi ...
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Its genome has been sequenced.
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)
References
Further reading
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*Alvarez, Héctor M. Biology of Rhodococcus. Vol. 16. Springer, 2010.
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External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Rhodococcus opacus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Mycobacteriales
Bacteria described in 1995
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