Nocardiopsis aegyptia

Nocardiopsis aegyptia is a Gram-positive and aerobic bacterium from the genus of 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
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Actinobacteria
Class:
Actinobacteria
Subclass:
Actinobacteridae
Order:
Actinomycetales
Family:
Nocardiopsaceae
Genus:
Nocardiopsis
Species:
N. aegyptia

Sabry et al. 2004[1]
Binomial name
Nocardiopsis aegyptia
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
  1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. Straininfo of Nocardiopsis aegyptia
  3. UniProt
  4. Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
  5. 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.
  6. 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. PMID 16107752.
  7. Niaounakis, Michael (2013). Biopolymers reuse, recycling, and disposal. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. ISBN 1-4557-3154-4.

Further reading
  • Atlas, Ronald M. (2010). Handbook of microbiological media (4th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Boca Raton, Fla. ISBN 1-4398-0408-7.


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