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JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 132, Issue 2, Pages 890-906Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/jam.15271
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Actinomycete; biotechnology; degradation; Pseudonocardia; secondary metabolites
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Pseudonocardia, a genus of Actinomycetes, is important in biotechnology for its production of secondary metabolites with antibacterial, antifungal, and antitumor effects. Identification of Pseudonocardia involves phenotypic tests and molecular methods.
The genus Pseudonocardia belongs to a group of Actinomycetes, and is a member of the family Pseudonocardiacea. The members of this genus are aerobic, Gram-positive, non-motile bacteria that are commonly found in soil, plant and environment. Although this genus has a low clinical significance; however, it has an important role in biotechnology due to the production of secondary metabolites, some of which have anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-tumour effects. The use of phenotypic tests, such as gelatinase activity, starch hydrolysis, catalase and oxidase tests, as well as molecular methods, such as polymerase chain reaction, are necessary for Pseudonocardia identification at the genus and species levels.
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