Rhodococcus ruber (Kruse 1896) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977

IEGM 85

<- 1984, I.B. Ivshina, OEGM T-52v. Isolated from: surface water reservoir, the Taimir peninsula, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. Taxonomy/description: (55, 230); 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis (GenBank accession number MG645196). Properties: uses propane and n-butane as a sole carbon source; degrades o-phthalic acid esters; resistant to lincomycin, methicillin, oxacillin, polymyxin, cephalexin and nalidixic acid when growing on propane and n-hexadecane (230, 246); accumulates caesium ions (251); transforms β-sitosterol (263, 277); resistant to Pb²⁺ (20.0 mM), Cd²⁺, Cr⁶⁺, Cu²⁺, Mo⁶⁺ (5.0 mM). (Medium 5 or 10, 28^oC).

Medium: 5, 10

Reference(s): 55, 230, 246, 251, 257, 263, 277, 318, 407