Nocardiopsis exhalans

Nocardiopsis exhalans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Class: Actinobacteria
Subclass: Actinobacteridae
Order: Actinomycetales
Family: Nocardiopsaceae
Genus: Nocardiopsis
Species: N. exhalans
Peltola et al. 2002

Nocardiopsis exhalans is a species of bacteria. It produces methanol-soluble toxins that paralyse the motility of boar spermatozoa. Its type strain is ES10.1T.[1]

References

  1. Peltola, J. S. P.; Andersson, M. A.; Kampfer, P.; Auling, G.; Kroppenstedt, R. M.; Busse, H.-J.; Salkinoja-Salonen, M. S.; Rainey, F. A. (2001). "Isolation of Toxigenic Nocardiopsis Strains from Indoor Environments and Description of Two New Nocardiopsis Species, N. exhalans sp. nov. and N. umidischolae sp. nov". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67 (9): 4293–4304. doi:10.1128/AEM.67.9.4293-4304.2001. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 93160. PMID 11526036.

Further reading

  • Whitman, William B., et al., eds. Bergey’s manual® of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 5. Springer, 2012.
  • Falkow, Stanley; Dworkin, Martin (2006). The prokaryotes: a handbook on the biology of bacteria. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 0-387-25493-5.
  • Zeng, A.; Wang, T.; Xia, H.; Peng, S.; Chen, W.; Jiang, C.; Xu, L.; Zhong, L.; Shen, M.; Qin, Z. (2011). "Development of a vector and host system and characterization of replication of plasmid pSQ10 in moderately halophilic Nocardiopsis". Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 43 (9): 738–743. doi:10.1093/abbs/gmr059. ISSN 1672-9145. PMID 21757453.


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