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

IEGM 275

<- 1988, T.N. Kamenskikh, P8 31-1. Isolated from: oil-polluted soil, oil-extracting enterprise, Perm region, Russia. Taxonomy/description: (95). Properties: uses hydrocarbons and crude oil as a sole carbon source (95, 424); produces biosurfactants when growing on n-alkanes (C12-C17) (74); bioremediation agent for oil-contaminated soil (28, 324); resistant to Pb2+ (20.0 mM), Cr6+ (10.0 mM), Cu2+, Zn2+ (5.0 mM). (Medium 2, 8 or 11, 28oC).

Medium: 2, 8, 11

Reference(s): 28, 74, 95, 257, 324, 417, 418, 424