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

IEGM 186

<- 1986, M.V. Berdichevskaya BK4R. Isolated from: water, Kama reservoir, Perm region, Russia.Taxonomy/description: (95, 97). Properties: uses normal hydrocarbons, aliphatic alcohols (ethanol, heptan-1-ol, propan-1-ol) and aromatic hydrocarbons (oxybenzene) as sole carbon source; resistant to Cr6+, Pb2+ (5.0 mM), VO2+ (12.5 mM), VO43- (50.0 mM), VO3- (>250.0 mM) (286, 329); adheres to liquid hydrocarbons (n-hexadecane) (320); resistant to n-hexane (349); accumulates nickel (423). (Medium 2, 6, 8, 15 or 16, 28oC).

Medium: 2, 6, 8, 15, 16

Reference(s): 95, 97, 253, 257, 286, 320, 329, 349, 407, 423