Rhodococcus rhodochrous (DSM 363, ATCC 4276, DSM 43202)

Name: Rhodococcus rhodochrous (DSM 363, ATCC 4276, DSM 43202)
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BacDive ID 10897

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 363 ATCC 4276 DSM 43202 LMG 4067 ICPB 4414 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1829

Special Collections DSMZ JCM

History <- ATCC (Nocardia opaca) <- H.J. Conn <- P.H.H. Gray IAM 12123 <-- ATCC 4276 ("Nocardia opaca") <-- H. J. Conn ("Mycobacterium crystallophagum") <-- P. H. H. Gray.

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Rhodococcus rhodochrous DSM 363 is a mesophilic prokaryote of the family Nocardiaceae.

mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 4883

LMG 4067,ATCC 4276,DSM 363,DSM 43202,IAM 12123,IMET 7022,JCM 20420

@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 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
10875	R. rhodochrous N56, DSM 43956
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
153	TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	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	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
153	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

@ref	Compound
153	3 keto¹^,⁴steroids
153	restriction endonuclease RroI (SalI)

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

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Global distribution of 16S sequence KF208468 (>99% sequence identity) for Rhodococcus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	660
Soil Samples	1489
Animal Samples	1166
Plant Samples	195
Total Samples	3510

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

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

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Rhodococcus rhodochrous strain IEGM 66 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KF208468	1124		1829

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Identification and characterization of a transmissible linear plasmid from Rhodococcus erythropolis BD2 that encodes isopropylbenzene and trichloroethene catabolism.	Dabrock B, Kesseler M, Averhoff B, Gottschalk G.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.60.3.853-860.1994	1994
Pathogenicity	Relationships between colony morphotypes and oil tolerance in Rhodococcus rhodochrous.	Iwabuchi N, Sunairi M, Anzai H, Nakajima M, Harayama S.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.66.11.5073-5077.2000	2000
Phylogeny	High-performance liquid chromatography of mycolic acids as a tool in the identification of Corynebacterium, Nocardia, Rhodococcus, and Mycobacterium species.	Butler WR, Ahearn DG, Kilburn JO.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.23.1.182-185.1986	1986
Phylogeny	High-performance liquid chromatography analysis of mycolic acids as an aid in laboratory identification of Rhodococcus and Nocardia species.	Butler WR, Kilburn JO, Kubica GP.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.25.11.2126-2131.1987	1987
Metabolism	Cloning and characterization of benzoate catabolic genes in the gram-positive polychlorinated biphenyl degrader Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.	Kitagawa W, Miyauchi K, Masai E, Fukuda M.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.183.22.6598-6606.2001	2001
	One-Step Microbial Conversion of a Racemic Mixture of Pantoyl Lactone to Optically Active d-(-)-Pantoyl Lactone.	Shimizu S, Hattori S, Hata H, Yamada H.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.53.3.519-522.1987	1987
Genetics	Brevibacterium linens pBL33 and Rhodococcus rhodochrous pRC1 cryptic plasmids replicate in Rhodococcus sp. R312 (formerly Brevibacterium sp. R312).	Bigey F, Grossiord B, Chan Kuo Chion CK, Arnaud A, Galzy P	Gene	10.1016/0378-1119(94)00886-w	1995

References

#153	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 363
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#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 rhodochrous (DSM 363, ATCC 4276, DSM 43202)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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