Rhodococcus rhodochrous (Zopf 1891) Tsukamura 1974

IEGM 66

Coidentity: ATCC 4276, DSM 363, VKPM AC-1898

<- 1980, I.B. Ivshina, IMET 7022 <- O.A. Nesterenko, IMET 7022 (Nocardia opaca). Taxonomy/description: (8, 81, 100). Shows positive result with Rhodococcus rhodochrous primers in species-specific PCR (245); demonstrates the reaction of complete identity with polyclonal antiserum against Rhodococcus rhodochrous IEGM 62^T; 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis (GenBank accession number KF208468). Properties: uses hydrocarbons; transforms thioanisole (285); transforms betulin (316, 328, 340); biodegradation of dehydroabietic acid (407); adheres to liquid hydrocarbons (n-hexadecane) (320); catalyzes oxidation of prochiral sulfides into (S)-sulfoxides (326); resistant to n-hexane, ethanol (349); resistant to Cr⁶⁺ (10.0 mM), Mo⁶⁺ (5.0 mM). (Medium 2 or 8, 28^oC).

Medium: 2, 8

Reference(s): 8, 81, 100, 245, 285, 316, 320, 326, 328, 340, 349, 407, 417