Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979
IEGM 9
Coidentity: UCM Ac-88
<- I.B. Ivshina, IMV 560 <- O.A. Nesterenko, 560. Isolated from: oil-polluted soil, Ukraine. Taxonomy/description: demonstrates the reaction of complete identity with polyclonal antiserum against Rhodococcus erythropolis IEGM 7T (3); shows positive result with Rhodococcus erythropolis primers in species-specific PCR (245). Properties: uses hydrocarbons as sole carbon source. (Medium 8, 28oC).
Medium: 8