Rhodococcus ruber (Kruse 1896) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977

IEGM 235

<- 1988, I.B. Ivshina, OEGM 19M-1 <- T.N. Kamenskikh, 19M-1. Isolated from: snow, Polazna oil-extracting enterprise, Perm region, Russia. Taxonomy/description: demonstrates the reaction of complete identity with polyclonal antiserum against Rhodococcus ruber IEGM 70^T (96); shows positive result with Rhodococcus ruber primers in species-specific PCR (245); 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis (GenBank accession number KJ442851); (95, 97). Properties: uses propane and n-butane as a sole carbon source (95); produces biosurfactants when growing on n-alkanes (C₁₂-C₁₇) (74, 235, 236, 428); degrades paracetamol (265) forms cholesterol oxidase; resistant to Cr⁶⁺ (5.0 mM), VO²⁺ (25.0 mM), VO₄^3- (50.0 mM), VO₃^- (250.0 mM), accumulates molybdenum and nickel (286, 423); adheres to liquid hydrocarbons (n-hexadecane) (320); resistant to n-hexane (349). Medium 2, 5, 8 or 11, 28^oC).

Medium: 2, 5, 8, 11

Reference(s): 74, 95, 96, 97, 235, 236, 245, 253, 257, 260, 262, 263, 265, 277, 286, 320, 349, 423, 428