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

IEGM 7^T

Coidentity: ATCC 4277, ATCC 25544, CBS 266.39, CCM 277, CIP 104179, DSMZ 743, DSMZ 43066, IFO 15567, UCM Ac-741, JCM 3201, KCC A-0201, LMG 5359, NCIMB 9158, NCIMB 11148, VKM Ac-858, VKM Ac-1337, M. Goodfellow, N11, P.H.H. Gray, O-5, M. Kocur, BS 277

<- I.B. Ivshina, ATCC 4277 <- O.A. Nesterenko, ATCC 4277. Isolated from: soil. Type strain. Taxonomy/description (3, 5, 8, 24, 31, 32, 35, 55, 59, 60, 71, 72, 84, 85, 91, 95, 112, 128, 145, 149, 158, 160, 172, 175, 180, 228, 232, 238, 245). Properties: uses cholesterol (18, 161), normal and aromatic hydrocarbons (naphthalene, oxybenzene), aromatic acids (4-hydroxybenzoate) (91) as sole carbon source; degrades dimethylterephthalate; produces biosurfactants when growing on n-hexadecane (61, 165); synthezises 3-keto delta 1,4 steroids (46). (Medium 2 or 8, 14, 16, 17, 28^oC).

Medium: 2, 8, 14, 16, 17

Reference(s): 3, 5, 8, 18, 24, 31, 32, 35, 46, 55, 59, 60, 61, 71, 72, 84, 85, 91, 95, 112, 128, 145, 149, 158, 160, 161, 165, 172, 175, 180, 228, 232, 238, 245, 257, 259