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Rhodococcus ruber (Kruse 1896) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977

IEGM 468

<- 1989, L.V. Zvereva, 190-3. Isolated from: oil-polluted sand, Mozyr, Gomel region, Belarus. Properties: uses propane and n-butane as a sole carbon source; transforms diterpenoids (isopimaric acid) (247); forms cholesterol oxidase; resistant to Pb2+ (20.0 mM), Ni2+ (5.0 mM). (Medium 5, 28oC).


Medium: 5

Reference(s): 247, 251, 257, 262, 263, 277