Rhodococcus opacus is a bacterium species in the genus Rhodococcus. It is moderately
chemolithotrophic.[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2] 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
^Klatte, Stefan; Kroppenstedt, Reiner Michael; Rainey, Frederick A. (1994). "Rhodococcus opacus sp.nov., An Unusual Nutritionally Versatile Rhodococcus-species". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 17 (3): 355–360.
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10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80051-2.
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