Rhodococcus rhodnii (DSM 43960, CIP 104655, IMET 7465)

Name: Rhodococcus rhodnii (DSM 43960, CIP 104655, IMET 7465)
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BacDive ID 10896

Type strain

Strain Designation B/I, Gdf N446, Hill B/I, N 446, B/l

Culture col. no. DSM 43960 CIP 104655 IMET 7465 B/I Gdf N446 3 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 38312

Special Collections DSMZ CIP

History <- M. Goodfellow, N 446 <- P. Hill, B/I CIP <- 1995, DSM <- M. Goodfellow: strain N 446 <- P. Hill: strain B/l

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Rhodococcus rhodnii B/I is a mesophilic prokaryote of the family Nocardiaceae.

mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 50468

CIP 104655,DSM 43960,IMET 7465

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:23

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Nocardiaceae

Genus Rhodococcus

Species Rhodococcus rhodnii

Full scientific name Rhodococcus rhodnii Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Rhodococcus rhodnii** (4)	Type strain
10893	R. rhodnii B/O, N 445, A-0203, N445, DSM 43336, ATCC ... (type strain)
10894	R. rhodnii A1, N 443, DSM 43337, CIP 104627
10895	R. rhodnii A/O, Gdf N444, Hill A/O, N 444, DSM 43959, ...
103560	R. rhodnii ST033348(HKI),

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
11302	ORGANIC MEDIUM 79 (DSMZ Medium 426)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: ORGANIC MEDIUM 79 (DSMZ Medium 426) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 10.0 g/l Dextrose 10.0 g/l NaCl 6.0 g/l Yeast extract 2.0 g/l Casein peptone 2.0 g/l Distilled water
34159	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
122223	CIP Medium 3	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
11302	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
34159	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

122223

Isolation date1979

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11302	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
122223	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Dual Upcycling of Olive Leaves for the Biocatalytic Synthesis of Antioxidant Cortisone Derivatives.	Marchetti F, Gugel I, Costa S, Gugel I, Baldisserotto A, Baldini E, Manfredini S, Vertuani S.	Antioxidants (Basel)	10.3390/antiox14070821	2025
	Biological activity of new bioactive steroids deriving from biotransformation of cortisone.	Costa S, Tedeschi P, Ferraro L, Beggiato S, Grandini A, Manfredini S, Buzzi R, Sacchetti G, Valacchi G.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/s12934-022-01967-2	2022
	Potent Anti-Cancer Activity of 1-Dehydrodiosgenone from the Product of Microbial Transformation of Steroid Saponins.	Li Q, Feng S, Zhang Y, Mou F, Guo T, Qin B, Liu Y.	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms252313118	2024
Metabolism	Biotransformation of Cortisone with Rhodococcus rhodnii: Synthesis of New Steroids.	Zappaterra F, Costa S, Summa D, Bertolasi V, Semeraro B, Pedrini P, Buzzi R, Vertuani S	Molecules	10.3390/molecules26051352	2021

References

#11302	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 43960
#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 )
#34159	; Curators of the CIP;
#122223	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104655
#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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Rhodococcus rhodnii (DSM 43960, CIP 104655, IMET 7465)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

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