Rhodococcus rhodochrous (DSM 43956, N56)

Name: Rhodococcus rhodochrous (DSM 43956, N56)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 10875

Type strain

Strain Designation N56

Culture col. no. DSM 43956 N56

NCBI tax ID(s) 1829

Special Collections DSMZ

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Rhodococcus rhodochrous N56 is a mesophilic prokaryote of the family Nocardiaceae.

mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 377527

DSM 43956

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:49:26

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Nocardiaceae

Genus Rhodococcus

Species Rhodococcus rhodochrous

Full scientific name Rhodococcus rhodochrous (Zopf 1891) Tsukamura 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

"Staphylococcus rhodochrous"
Rhodococcus roseus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Rhodococcus rhodochrous** (27)	Type strain
10908	R. rhodochrous 372, KMRh, DSM 43241, ATCC 13808, CIP 104376, ... (type strain)
10560	R. rhodochrous DSM 43240, NCTC 8139, CIP 104649
10844	R. rhodochrous N814, DSM 43969
10897	R. rhodochrous DSM 363, ATCC 4276, DSM 43202, JCM 20420, ...
10898	R. rhodochrous An117, DSM 6263, IMET 7497
10900	R. rhodochrous S5, DSM 6697
10901	R. rhodochrous OR, DSM 11097
10904	R. rhodochrous DSM 43269, ATCC 4273, CBS 197.57, CCM 3245, ...
10905	R. rhodochrous DSM 43198, NCIB 9701, CIP 104622, IMET 7278, ...
10909	R. rhodochrous DSM 43273, ATCC 9356, NRRL B-1306
10910	R. rhodochrous DSM 43274, ATCC 271, JCM 2156, BCRC 13391, ...
10913	R. rhodochrous N31 R312, W 21, DSM 43334
10916	R. rhodochrous N 1030, DSM 43986, IMV 347
10917	R. rhodochrous N27H, DSM 46022, CCM 278, IMET 7285, NCIB ...
10918	R. rhodochrous Gdf N31, Gordon W21, N31, Overbeck, DSM 46023, ...
10919	R. rhodochrous 40019, Breed He-11, Gdf R10, DSM 46044, ATCC ...
103565	R. rhodochrous STH00245(ZIMET), I-449, HKI 0245
131010	R. rhodochrous PY11, DSM 101666
131917	R. rhodochrous RPK 1, DSM 103064
136316	R. rhodochrous CIP 104635, PCM 909
136329	R. rhodochrous N454, CIP 104638, PCM 2216
139137	R. rhodochrous CIP 104496, ATCC 4004, IAM 12127, JCM 2158
139161	R. rhodochrous CIP 82.104, ATCC 184, NCTC 2682, NCTC 7510
144204	R. rhodochrous CCUG 23576, ATCC 25721
145853	R. rhodochrous CCUG 29792
163232	R. rhodochrous 1652, JCM 2157, ATCC 999, CIP 104495, IAM ...
169282	R. rhodochrous G38GP, DSM 111905

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
11427	GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65) Composition: Agar 18.0 g/l Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l CaCO3 2.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
11427	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68368	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68368	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	assimilation	from API 20E
68368	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68368	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	25094 ChEBI	lysine	-	degradation	from API 20E
68368	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API 20E
68368	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API 20E
68368	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20E
68368	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
68368	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide	from API 20E
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20E
68368	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	from API 20E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20E

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68368	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20E
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68368	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API 20E
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	-		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68368	gelatinase	-		from API 20E
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68368	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18	from API 20E
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
68368	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API 20E
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68368	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API 20E
68368	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20E
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API 20E

@ref	ONPG	ADH (Arg)	LDC (Lys)	ODC	CIT	H2S productionH2S	URE	TDA (Trp)	IND	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	GEL	GLU	MAN	INO	Sor	RHA	SAC	MEL	AMY	ARA	OX	Nitrite productionNO2	Reduction to N2N2	MotilityMOB	Growth on MacConkey mediumMAC	OF-O	OF-F
11427	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	+	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
11427	-	-	-	+	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11427	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#11427	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 43956
#20215	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 )
#68368	Automatically annotated from API 20E .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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