Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979
IEGM 209
<- I.B. Ivshina, IMV 556 <- O.A. Nesterenko, 556. Isolated from: oil-polluted soil, Ukraine. Taxonomy/description: demonstrates the reaction of complete identity with polyclonal antiserum against Rhodococcus erythropolis IEGM 7T(4). Properties: uses normal hydrocarbons, aliphatic alcohols (butan-1-ol, butan-2-ol, ethanol, hexan-1-ol, octan-1-ol, pentan-1-ol, propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol, propan-1,2,3-triol), aromatic hydrocarbons (methylbenzene, naphthalene, oxybenzene, xylol) and phenylacetic acid as sole carbon source. (Medium 8 or 15, 16, 17, 18, 28oC).