nocardiopsis aegyptia nocardiopsis aegyptia nocardiopsis aegyptia is a gram-positive and aerobic bacterium from the genus of nocardiopsis which has been isolated from marine sediments from the abu qir bay from alexandria in egypt. nocardiopsis aegyptia can degrade poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (phb). nocardiopsis aegyptia scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: streptosporangiales family: nocardiopsaceae genus: nocardiopsis species: n. aegyptiasabry et al. 2004 binomial name nocardiopsis aegyptia type strain 49, cgmcc 4.2109, cip 108419, dsm 44442, jcm 13853, nbrc 104164, nrrl b-24244, nrrl b-24244 100055, sng49 synonyms nocardiopsis aegyptica