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Rhodococcus

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Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology

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Members of the genus Rhodococcus (See also Chapter 38, Vol. 2, Part 6) are aerobic bacteria, commonly found in the environment, that can degrade a large number of organic compounds including some of the most recalcitrant and toxic. The basis for this capacity is their possession of a remarkable range of diverse catabolic genes coupled with a resilient cellular physiology.

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Larkin, M., Kulakov, L., Allen, C. (2010). Rhodococcus. In: Timmis, K.N. (eds) Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77587-4_134

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