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Rhodococcus rhodochrous (Zopf 1891) Tsukamura 1974

IEGM 655

Coidentity: ATCC 19067, NCIMB 9703, J.W. Foster, 7E1C

< - 1994, N. Christofi, Napier Univ., Edinburgh, UK, NCIMB 9703 < - NCIMB. Isolated from: soil by propane - mineral salts enrichment. Properties: uses propane, n-butane and liquid n-alkanes (C11-C16) as a sole carbon source (125, 126, 134, 152); forms cholesterol oxidase; transforms thioanisole (257); resistant to Zn2+ (20.0 mM), Cr6+, Mo6+ (5.0 mM). (Medium 2, 5 or 8, 28oC).

Medium: 2, 5, 8

Reference(s): 125, 126, 134, 152, 257, 263, 277