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Rhodococcus ruber (Kruse 1896) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977

IEGM 78

<- 1984, I.B. Ivshina, OEGM B-380. Isolated from: sandy soil, Gomel region, Belarus. Taxonomy/description: 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis (303); (5, 22, 23, 95). Properties: uses propane and n-butane as a sole carbon source (95); resistant to lincomycin, methicillin, oxacillin, polymyxin, cephalexin and nalidixic acid when growing on propane and n-hexadecane (246); grows on medium with 10 mM cadmium (47); resistant to Pb2+ (10.0 mM). (Medium 5, 28oC).

Medium: 5

Reference(s): 5, 22, 23, 47, 95, 246, 251, 257, 263, 277, 303