Rhodococcus ruber (Kruse 1896) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977

IEGM 81

<- 1985, I.B. Ivshina, OEGM B-1700. Isolated from: sandy soil, Gomel region, Belarus. Taxonomy/description: Demonstrates the reaction of complete identity with polyclonal antiserum against Rhodococcus ruber IEGM 70^T (96); (5, 22, 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, 28^oC).

Medium: 5

Reference(s): 5, 22, 47, 95, 96, 246, 251, 257, 263, 277, 407