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][3][4][5] Nocardiopsis aegyptia can degrade poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB).[6][7]
| Nocardiopsis aegyptia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Streptosporangiales |
| Family: | Nocardiopsaceae |
| Genus: | Nocardiopsis |
| Species: | N. aegyptia
|
| Binomial name | |
| Nocardiopsis aegyptia Sabry et al. 2004[1]
| |
| Type strain | |
| 49, CGMCC 4.2109, CIP 108419, DSM 44442, JCM 13853, NBRC 104164, NRRL B-24244, NRRL B-24244 100055, SNG49[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Nocardiopsis aegyptica[3] | |
References
edit- ^ a b LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
- ^ Straininfo of Nocardiopsis aegyptia
- ^ a b UniProt
- ^ Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen [1]
- ^ Sabry, SA; Ghanem, NB; Abu-Ella, GA; Schumann, P; Stackebrandt, E; Kroppenstedt, RM (March 2004). "Nocardiopsis aegyptia sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (Pt 2): 453–6. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02814-0. PMID 15023959.
- ^ Ghanem, NB; Mabrouk, ME; Sabry, SA; El-Badan, DE (June 2005). "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. 51 (3): 151–8. doi:10.2323/jgam.51.151. PMID 16107752.
- ^ Niaounakis, Michael (2013). Biopolymers reuse, recycling, and disposal. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. ISBN 978-1-4557-3154-1.
Further reading
edit- Atlas, Ronald M. (2010). Handbook of microbiological media (4th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Boca Raton, Fla. ISBN 978-1-4398-0408-7.
External links
edit
 | This Genus Nocardiopsis article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |