Name: Rhodococcus erythropolis DSM 743
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 10853

Type strain:

Species: Rhodococcus erythropolis

Variant: Isotype of BacDive ID 10866

Culture col. no.: DSM 743, ATCC 25544, CCM 277, NCIB 9158

Strain history: <- NCIB <- CCM <- P.H.H. Gray (Nocardia erythropolis)

NCBI tax ID(s): 1833 (species)

Other strains from Rhodococcus erythropolis

Section

Rhodococcus erythropolis DSM 743 is a mesophilic human pathogen.

human pathogen
mesophilic

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Genus	*Rhodococcus*
	Species	**Rhodococcus erythropolis**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

	Synonym	"Mycobacterium* erythropolis"*
	Synonym	Rhodococcus qingshengii
	Synonym	Rhodococcus baikonurensis
	Synonym	Rhodococcus jialingiae
	Synonym	Rhodococcus enclensis
	Synonym	Rhodococcus degradans

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

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Caption:

Medium 65 28°C

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Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)

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Culture medium

GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)

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Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

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	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #386]			growth	28 °C
[Ref.: #35715]			growth	30 °C

[Ref.: #386]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #35715]	Temperature range	mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #386]	Name of produced compound	cholesterol oxidase
[Ref.: #20216]	Name of produced compound	Cholesterol oxidase
[Ref.: #20216]	Name of produced compound	3-keto delta 1,4 steroids

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Observation

Conversion of phenol and naphtalen

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

[Ref.: #386]	Pathogenicity (human)	yes, in single cases
[Ref.: #386]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 743, ATCC 25544, CCM 277, NCIB 9158

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Rhodococcus erythropolis ATCC 25544 as a suitable source of cholesterol oxidase: cell-linked and extracellular enzyme synthesis, purification and concentration.	Sojo MM, Bru RR, Garcia-Carmona FF	BMC Biotechnol	10.1186/1472-6750-2-3	2002	*
	Ultrasound enhanced bioprocesses: cholesterol oxidation by Rhodococcus erythropolis.	Bar R	Biotechnol Bioeng	10.1002/bit.260320510	1988	*

References

#386	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 743

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Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )

#20216

Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) Curators of the HKI: Collection Description Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) .

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* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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