Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979
IEGM 26
<- M.V. Berdichevskaya, 821-F. Isolated from: stratal water, oilfield, Perm region, Russia. Taxonomy/description (2, 96). Demonstrates the reaction of complete identity with polyclonal antiserum against Rhodococcus erythropolis IEGM 7T(96). Properties: uses normal and aromatic hydrocarbons (naphthalene, oxybenzene, technical xylol), and phenylacetic acid as sole carbon source; degrades aromatic acids (p-oxybenzoic) (92). (Medium 8 or 16, 17, 18, 28oC).