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Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979

IEGM 1018

<- 2010, T.N. Kamenskikh, IEGM, R104-1. Isolated from: Tussilago farfara rhizosphere, petrol station, Perm, Perm region, Russia. Taxonomy/description: shows positive result with Rhodococcus erythropolis primers in species-specific PCR; 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis (GenBank accession number MG637003). Properties: uses n-hexadecane and butanol as a sole carbon source; resistant to Pb2+ (20.0 mM), Cr6+, Ni2+, Zn2+ (10.0 mM), Cu2+, Mo6+ (5.0 mM). (Medium 2 or 8, 28oC).

Medium: 2, 8

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