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Rhodococcus opacus Klatte et al. 1995
IEGM 488
<- 1988, L.V. Zvereva, IEGM, МI-13. Received as Rhodococcus erythropolis. Isolated from: oil-polluted water, Un'va river, Perm region, Russia. Taxonomy/description: shows positive result with Rhodococcus opacus primers in species-specific PCR. Properties: uses n-hexadecane and crude oil as a sole carbon source; transforms (‒)-isopulegol; produces extracellular lipids at a concentration of 34.0 ± 9.9 mg/L (449); resistant to naproxen (2.5 g/L) in a mineral medium. (Medium 2, 5, 8 or 11, 28oC).Reference(s): 449