Rhodococcus ruber (Kruse 1896) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977

IEGM 86

<- 1984, I.B. Ivshina, OEGM T-63v. Isolated from: surface water reservoir, the Taimir peninsula, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. Taxonomy/description: (22, 55, 230). Properties: uses propane, n-butane, liquid n-alkanes (C₅-C₁₆) and aliphatic alcohols (ethanol, n-propanol, n-butanol) as a sole carbon source; 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 Cr⁶⁺, Pb²⁺ (10.0 mM), Cu²⁺ (5.0 mM). (Medium 5, 8 or 15, 28^oC).

Medium: 5, 8, 15

Reference(s): 22, 55, 230, 246, 251, 257, 262, 263, 277, 407