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Rhodococcus ruber (Kruse 1896) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977

IEGM 172

<- 1979, M.V. Berdichevskaya, 134-3 (Mycobacterium rubrum).Isolated from: stratal water, oilfield, Perm region, Russia. Taxonomy/description: (49). Properties: uses hydrocarbons; maintains methabolic activity (45%) at salt concentration 123.0 g/l (49); transforms thioanisole (257); transforms β-sitosterol (263, 277); resistant to Cr6+ (5.0 mM), VO2+ (12.5 mM), VO43- (100.0 mM), VO3- (>250.0 mM), accumulates molybdenum and nickel (286, 423). (Medium 8, 28oC).


Medium: 8

Reference(s): 49, 257, 262, 263, 277, 286, 318, 407, 423