Strain identifier
BacDive ID: 11020
Type strain: 
Species: Rhodococcus opacus
Strain Designation: ROL2
Strain history: <- U. Karlson; ROL2 <- P. A. Willumsen
NCBI tax ID(s): 37919 (species)
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General
@ref: 12123
BacDive-ID: 11020
DSM-Number: 44854
keywords: Bacteria, psychrophilic
description: Rhodococcus opacus ROL2 is a psychrophilic bacterium that was isolated from coaltar-contaminated soil.
NCBI tax id
- NCBI tax id: 37919
- Matching level: species
strain history
- @ref: 12123
- history: <- U. Karlson; ROL2 <- P. A. Willumsen
doi: 10.13145/bacdive11020.20241212.9.2
Name and taxonomic classification
LPSN
- @ref: 20215
- description: domain/bacteria
- keyword: phylum/actinomycetota
- domain: Bacteria
- phylum: Actinomycetota
- class: Actinomycetes
- order: Mycobacteriales
- family: Nocardiaceae
- genus: Rhodococcus
- species: Rhodococcus opacus
- full scientific name: Rhodococcus opacus Klatte et al. 1995
synonyms
@ref synonym 20215 Rhodococcus percolatus 20215 Rhodococcus imtechensis
@ref: 12123
domain: Bacteria
phylum: Actinobacteria
class: Actinobacteria
order: Actinomycetales
family: Nocardiaceae
genus: Rhodococcus
species: Rhodococcus opacus
full scientific name: Rhodococcus opacus Klatte et al. 1995
strain designation: ROL2
type strain: no
Culture and growth conditions
culture medium
- @ref: 12123
- name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)
- growth: yes
- link: https://mediadive.dsmz.de/medium/535
- composition: Name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water
culture temp
- @ref: 12123
- growth: positive
- type: growth
- temperature: 21
Isolation, sampling and environmental information
isolation
- @ref: 12123
- sample type: coaltar-contaminated soil
- country: Denmark
- origin.country: DNK
- continent: Europe
isolation source categories
| Cat1 | Cat2 | Cat3 |
|---|---|---|
| #Engineered | #Contamination | |
| #Environmental | #Terrestrial | #Geologic |
| #Environmental | #Terrestrial | #Soil |
Safety information
risk assessment
- @ref: 12123
- biosafety level: 1
- biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)
External links
@ref: 12123
culture collection no.: DSM 44854
straininfo link
- @ref: 80274
- straininfo: 215512
Reference
| @id | authors | catalogue | doi/url | title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12123 | Curators of the DSMZ | Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSM 44854) | https://www.dsmz.de/collection/catalogue/details/culture/DSM-44854 | |
| 20215 | Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M. | 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 | List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ | |
| 80274 | Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J. | 10.60712/SI-ID215512.1 | StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers |