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Rhodococcus ruber (Kruse 1896) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977

IEGM 340

<- 1975, I.B. Ivshina, OEGM 90 (Rhodococcus rhodochrous). Isolated from: underground water, oilfield, Perm 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 (90); resistant to lincomycin, chloramphenicol, oleandomycin, polymyxin and oxacillin when growing on propane (90); resistant to Cu2+, Pb2+ (5.0 mM). (Medium 2 or 5, 28oC).

Medium: 2, 5

Reference(s): 90, 245, 257