Rhodococcus baikonurensis

Rhodococcus baikonurensis is a bacterium species in the genus Rhodococcus. It is Gram-positive, with type strain A1-22(T) (=GTC 1041(T) =JCM 11411(T) =DSM 44587(T)).[1] The strain was isolated from the air of the Russian Space Laboratory Mir along with a large number of other microorganisms that steadily accumulated during the lifespan of the station. Rhodococcus bacterium are known to degrade organic compounds contained in the rubber used aboard the space station with specialized enzymes.[2] This can lead to degradation of critical components and necessitates replacement of the parts or preventive measures dealing with microbial contamination.

Rhodococcus baikonurensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Actinobacteria
Order:
Actinomycetales
Suborder:
Corynebacterineae
Family:
Nocardiaceae
Genus:
Rhodococcus
Species:
R. baikonurensis
Binomial name
Rhodococcus baikonurensis
Li et al. 2004

References
  1. Li Y, Kawamura Y, Fujiwara N, Naka T, Liu H, Huang X, et al. (2004). "Rothia aeria sp. nov., Rhodococcus baikonurensis sp. nov. and Arthrobacter russicus sp. nov., isolated from air in the Russian space laboratory Mir". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 54 (Pt 3): 827–35. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02828-0. PMID 15143031.
  2. Trudy E. Bell (2007). "Preventing "Sick" Spaceships".

Further reading
  • Lee, M.; Kim, M.K.; Singleton, I.; Goodfellow, M.; Lee, S.-T. (2006). "Enhanced biodegradation of diesel oil by a newly identified Rhodococcus baikonurensis EN3 in the presence of mycolic acid". Journal of Applied Microbiology. 100 (2): 325–333. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02756.x. ISSN 1364-5072.
  • YOON, Jaewoo; MIWA, Hiroki; AHMED, Iftikhar; YOKOTA, Akira; FUJIWARA, Toru (2010). "Rhodococcus baikonurensis BTM4c, a Boron-Tolerant Actinobacterial Strain Isolated from Soil". Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 74 (1): 178–181. doi:10.1271/bbb.90464. ISSN 0916-8451.
  • Kuhad, Ramesh Chander, and Ajay Singh. Biotechnology for Environmental Management and Resource Recovery. Springer, 2013.
  • Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 3: Archaea. Bacteria: Firmicutes, Actinomycetes. Vol. 3. Springer, 2006.
  • Sneath, Peter HA, et al. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Volume 5. Williams & Wilkins, 1986.
  • Alvarez, Héctor M. Biology of Rhodococcus. Vol. 16. Springer, 2010.


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