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

IEGM 179

<- 1986, M.V. Berdichevskaya, B11. Isolated from: oil-polluted water, Kama reservoir, Perm region, Russia. Taxonomy/description: demonstrates the reaction of complete identity with polyclonal antiserum against Rhodococcus erythropolis IEGM 7T(96); shows positive result with Rhodococcus erythropolis primers in species-specific PCR (245); 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis (GenBank accession number KY176370) (95, 96, 245). Properties: uses hydrocarbons and aromatic acids (p-oxybenzoic, phenylacetic) as a sole carbon source (92); transforms β-sitosterol (318); resistant to Mo6+ (20.0 mM), Ni2+ (10.0 mM), Cr6+, Cu2+, Pb2+ (5.0 mM). (Medium 2 or 8, 28oC).

Medium: 2, 8

Reference(s): 92, 95, 96, 245, 253, 257, 263, 272, 277, 318, 322, 407