Rhodococcus is a genus of aerobic, non-sporulating, non-motile gram-positive bacteria closely related to Mycobacteria and Corynebacteria . While a few species are pathogenic, most are benign and have been found to thrive in a broad range of environments, including soil, water, and eukaryotic cells. Fully sequenced in October 2006, the genome is know to be 9.7 megabasepairs long and 67% G/C . Strains of Rhodococcus are applicably important due to their ability to catabolize a wide range of comp… (More on Rhodococcus)