Rhodococcus rhodochrous

Rhodococcus rhodochrous is a bacterium used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture.

Rhodococcus rhodochrous
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Nocardiaceae
Genus:	Rhodococcus
Species:	R. rhodochrous
Binomial name
Rhodococcus rhodochrous (Zopf 1891) Tsukamura 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

It is gram positive, in the shape of rods/cocci, oxidase negative, and catalase positive.

It is industrially produced to catalyse acrylonitrile conversion to acrylamide. It is also used in the industrial production of nicotinamide (niacinamide), a derivative or active form of niacin, part of the B vitamin complex.

A 2015 study showed that Rhodococcus rhodochrous could inhibit the growth of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungal species responsible for white nose syndrome in bats.^[1]