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

IEGM 486

<- 1991, L.V. Zvereva, Ba-21. Isolated from: water, the Baykal lake, Irkutsk region, Russia. Taxonomy/description: (95, 245). Shows positive result with Rhodococcus erythropolis primers in species-specific PCR (245), 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Properties: uses hydrocarbons as a sole carbon source; resistant to Pb2+ (5.0 mM). (Medium 2 or 8, 28oC).

Medium: 2, 8

Reference(s): 95, 245, 257