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Rhodococcus ruber (Kruse 1896) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977

IEGM 325

<- 1977, I.B. Ivshina, OEGM B-1647. Isolated from: oil-polluted water, Bistrinskoe oilfield, Tyumen region, Russia. Taxonomy/description: shows positive result with Rhodococcus ruber primers in species-specific PCR (245). Properties: uses propane and n-butane as a sole carbon source; exhibits lysozyme activity; degrades paracetamol (265); resistant to Pb2+ (5.0 mM). (Medium 2 or 5, 28oC).

Medium: 2, 5

Reference(s): 245, 253, 257, 262, 263, 265, 272