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Rhodococcus rhodochrous
Species of bacterium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rhodococcus rhodochrous is a bacterium used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture.
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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]
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