红球菌属的分类及应用研究进展*

从Zopf于1891年建立红球菌属至今，红球菌属各种菌的分类地位一直处于不断的变化之中。近年来，随着一些种的重新分类以及新种的发现，红球菌属的分类发生了很大变化。这主要是由于分类手段已由传统的形态学分类方法向现代的多相分类法过渡。此外，由于红球菌能降解一些环境污染物，合成或转化形成一些有用的化合物，同时它的一些种对人、动物或植物都有影响。因此，红球菌也越来越为人们所关注。

THE TAXONOMY AND APPLICATION OF RHODOCOCCUS

Taxonomy of genus Rhodococcus has been changing since it was set up by Zopf in 1891 The classification of the genus has been changed dramatically in recent years, with the species being reclassified and new species described Th e changing of taxonomy is mainly on the methods' altering from old morphological to modern polyphasic taxonomy Additionally, there has been increased interest i n rhodococcus for its abilities to degrade a range of environmental pollutants a nd to transform or synthesize compounds with possible usefull application