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Rhodococcus erythropolis |
Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979
IEGM 188
<- 1987, M.V. Berdichevskaya, 12D. Isolated from: oil-polluted bottom sediments, the Ostjatski Zhivets river, Tyumen region, Russia. Taxonomy/description: (92, 95, 97). Properties: uses hydrocarbons as a sole carbon source; produces biosurfactants when growing on n-alkanes (C10-C16) (235); exhibits lysozyme activity; resistant to Mo6+ (20.0 mM), Cr6+, Pb2+ (10.0 mM), Cu2+, Ni2+ (5.0 mM). (Medium 2, 6, 8 or 11, 28oC).