Query: NC_014659:3654979 Rhodococcus equi 103S, complete genome Lineage: Rhodococcus equi; Rhodococcus; Nocardiaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria General Information: Rhodococcus equi is a Gram-positive, facultative intracellular pathogen that lives in the macrophages of humans and animals, especially horses and foals.
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General Information: Isolated from contaminated sites exposed to petrogenic chemicals in the watershed of Redfish Bay, Texas, USA in 1986. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium. Mycobacterium vanbaalenii is a fast-growing soil mycobacterium which can degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as fluoranthene, pyrene, phenanthrene. This organism may be useful for bioremediation.