Nocardiopsis exhalans is a species of bacteria. It produces methanol-soluble toxins that paralyse the motility of boar spermatozoa. Its type strain is ES10.1T.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Streptosporangiales |
| Family: | Nocardiopsaceae |
| Genus: | Nocardiopsis |
| Species: | N. exhalans
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| Binomial name | |
| Nocardiopsis exhalans Peltola et al. 2002
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References
edit- ^ Peltola, J. S. P.; Andersson, M. A.; Kampfer, P.; Auling, G.; Kroppenstedt, R. M.; Busse, H.-J.; Salkinoja-Salonen, M. S.; Rainey, F. A. (2001). "Isolation of Toxigenic Nocardiopsis Strains from Indoor Environments and Description of Two New Nocardiopsis Species, N. exhalans sp. nov. and N. umidischolae sp. nov". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67 (9): 4293–4304. doi:10.1128/AEM.67.9.4293-4304.2001. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 93160. PMID 11526036.
Further reading
edit- Whitman, William B., et al., eds. Bergey's manual® of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 5. Springer, 2012.
- Falkow, Stanley; Dworkin, Martin (2006). The prokaryotes: a handbook on the biology of bacteria. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 0-387-25493-5.
- Zeng, A.; Wang, T.; Xia, H.; Peng, S.; Chen, W.; Jiang, C.; Xu, L.; Zhong, L.; Shen, M.; Qin, Z. (2011). "Development of a vector and host system and characterization of replication of plasmid pSQ10 in moderately halophilic Nocardiopsis". Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 43 (9): 738–743. doi:10.1093/abbs/gmr059. ISSN 1672-9145. PMID 21757453.
External links
edit- LPSN
- "Nocardiopsis exhalans" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Nocardiopsis exhalans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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