Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979

IEGM 20

Coidentity: IMV Ac-63

<- I.B. Ivshina, IMV 207 <- O.A. Nesterenko, 207. Isolated from: oil-polluted soil, Ukraine. Taxonomy/description: demonstrates the reaction of complete identity with polyclonal antiserum against Rhodococcus erythropolis IEGM 7^T(4); shows positive result with Rhodococcus erythropolis primers in species-specific PCR (245). Properties: uses normal hydrocarbons, aliphatic alcohols (butan-2-ol, ethanol, propan-1-ol, propan-1,2,3-triol) and aromatic hydrocarbons (naphthalene, oxybenzene, xylol) as sole carbon source; produces biosurfactants when growing on n-alkanes (C₁₀-C₁₆) (235, 254). (Medium 8 or 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28^oC).

Medium: 8, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18

Reference(s): 4, 235, 245, 251, 253, 254, 257