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Rhodococcus ruber (Kruse 1896) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977

IEGM 92

<- 1984, I.B. Ivshina, OEGM T-33v. Isolated from: surface water reservoir, the Taimir peninsula, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. Taxonomy/description: shows positive result with Rhodococcus ruber primers in species-specific PCR (245); (55, 90, 97). Properties: uses propane, n-butane and liquid n-alkanes (C5-C16) as a sole carbon source; resistant to Pb2+ (20.0 mM), Cu2+ (5.0 mM). (Medium 5 or 8, 28oC).

Medium: 5, 8

Reference(s): 55, 90, 97, 245, 257, 263, 272, 277, 407