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Rhodococcus fascians (Tilford 1936) Goodfellow 1984

Basonym: Corynebacterium fascians (Tilford 1936) Dowson 1942

IEGM 178

<- 1986, M.V. Berdichevskaya, IEGM, B23. Isolated from: oil-polluted water, Kama river reservoir, Perm region, Russia. Properties: uses n-hexadecane and crude oil as a sole carbon source; exhibits lysozyme activity (272); resistant to Pb2+ (20.0 mM), Ni2+ (10.0 mM), Cu2+, Mo6+, Zn2+ (5.0 mM). (Medium 2, 6 or 8, 28°C).

Medium: 2, 6, 8

Reference(s): 92, 95, 257, 272