Actinobacteria constitute one of the largest phyla among Bacteria and represent gram-
positive bacteria with a high G+ C content in their DNA. This bacterial group includes …

A pair of genes designated parA and parB are encoded by many low copy number plasmids
and bacterial chromosomes. They work with one or more cis-acting sites termed centromere …

Lignin represents the most abundant renewable aromatics in nature, which has complicated
and heterogeneous structure. The rapid development of biotransformation technology has …

We isolated, sequenced, and characterized the cryptic plasmid pRE8424 from Rhodococcus
erythropolis DSM8424. Plasmid pRE8424 is a 5,987-bp circular plasmid; it carries six open …

This taxon is one of the major phyla in the domain Bacteria, as inferred from its branching
pattern in the 16S rRNA gene tree (Garrity and Holt, 2001; Ludwig and Klenk, 2005) and …

Rhodococcus erythropolis strain PR4 has been isolated as an alkane‐degrading bacterium.
The strain harbours one linear plasmid, pREL1 (271 577 bp) and two circular plasmids …

Sequence analysis of a 9-kb genomic fragment of the actinobacterium Rhodococcus opacus
1CP led to identification of an open reading frame encoding a novel fusion protein, StyA2B …

The current systematics of the genus Rhodococcus is unclear, partly because many
members were originally included before the application of a polyphasic taxonomic …

Rhodococcus ruber (formerly Gordonia terrae) IFP 2001 is one of a few bacterial strains able
to degrade ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), which is a major pollutant from gasoline. This strain …

The Rhodococcus genus contains species with remarkable ability to tolerate toxic
compounds and to degrade a myriad of substrates. These substrates have to cross a …