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Rhodococcus ruber (Kruse 1896) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977

IEGM 77

<- 1986, I.B. Ivshina, OEGM 27-M. Isolated from: water, spring, oilfield outline zone, Perm region, Russia. Taxonomy/description: (22, 23, 55, 73, 95, 245). Properties: uses propane and n-butane as a sole carbon source (95); degrades dibutylphthalate (95); resistant to lincomycin, methicillin, oxacillin, polymyxin, cephalexin and nalidixic acid when growing on propane and n-hexadecane (230, 246); grows on medium with 10 mM cadmium (47); transforms thioanisole (257); degrades paracetamol (265) and meloxicam; resistant to VO2+ (12.5 mM), VO43- (100.0 mM), VO3- (>250.0 mM) (286); produces biosurfactants when growing on n-hexadecane (327); uses n-hexadecane as a sole carbon source (327); accumulates nickel (423). (Medium 5, 9 or 12, 28oC).


Medium: 5, 9, 12

Reference(s): 22, 23, 47, 55, 73, 95, 230, 245, 246, 257, 263, 265, 266, 270, 273, 274, 277, 286, 327, 423, 440