Rhodococcus equi (DSM 43199, ATCC 14887, ATCC 25715)

Name: Rhodococcus equi (DSM 43199, ATCC 14887, ATCC 25715)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 10906

Type strain

Strain Designation S577, 545

Culture col. no. DSM 43199 ATCC 14887 ATCC 25715 CCRC 11929 CCUG 17758 13 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 194249

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP

History <- NCIB <- ATCC <- R.E. Gordon, 545 (Corynebacterium sp.) <- E. Azarowicz (Nocardia restricta) <- CBS KCC A-0223 <-- DSM 43199 <-- NCIB 10027 <-- ATCC 14887 <-- R. E. Gordon 545. CIP <- 2001, CCUG <- 1985, DSMZ <- NCIB <- ATCC, Corynebacterium sp. <- R.E. Gordon: strain 545 <- E. Azarowicz <- CBS

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Rhodococcus equi S577 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Nocardiaceae.

Gram-positive rod-shaped obligate aerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 92422

LMG 7335,ATCC 14887,DSM 43199,ICMP 4147,NCIB 10027,PDDCC 4147,MTCC 2558,CCUG 17758,ATCC 25715,CCRC 11929,JCM 3223,IMET 7279,NCIMB 10027,VKM Ac-957,CIP 107070,BCRC 11929,DSM 26605

@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 equi

Full scientific name Rhodococcus equi (Magnusson 1923) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (6)

Prescottella equi
Corynebacterium equi
Nocardia restricta
"Prescottia equi"
"Prescottella equi"
"Proactinomyces restrictus"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Rhodococcus equi** (12)	Type strain
134837	R. equi 304-74, CIP 74.35
135024	R. equi 165-87, CIP 102900
135118	R. equi 787-80, CIP 104292
136089	R. equi 3158, 413-86, CIP 102409
136114	R. equi CIP 102613
137484	R. equi 16.111, CIP 58.70
137485	R. equi 16449, CIP 58.71
137593	R. equi Cattin, 219-79, CIP 79.36
137851	R. equi CIP 101849
137971	R. equi CIP 102374
138861	R. equi 6600, CIP 58.69
172710	R. equi GK1, CIP 105335

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
119113	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
10863	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
36024	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
119113	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
10863	positive	growth	28
36024	positive	growth	30
67770	positive	growth	28
119113	positive	growth	25-37
119113	negative	growth	10
119113	negative	growth	41
119113	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

119113

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
119113	NaCl	positive	growth	0-10 %

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-8(H₂)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
119113	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
119113	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
119113	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API Coryne
119113	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
119113	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20NE
119113	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
119113	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE
119113	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
119113	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		-
119113	17234 ChEBI	glucose			-
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-			from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
119113	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
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
68379	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
119113	amylase	-
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
119113	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68379	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68369	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
119113	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
119113	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68379	catalase	+	1.11.1.6	from API Coryne
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
119113	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	-		from API zym
119113	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
119113	gelatinase	-
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
119113	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
119113	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
119113	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
119113	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
119113	oxidase	-
119113	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
68379	pyrazinamidase	-	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	+	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
119113	tryptophan deaminase	-
119113	tween esterase	+
119113	urease	+	3.5.1.5
68379	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

46683

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C16:0	34.3	16
C18:1 ω9c	15.4	17.769
Unidentified	10.9	19.015
C16:1 ω7c/C15:0 ISO 2OH	10.6	15.85
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	6.4	17.724
TBSA 10Me18:0	6.3	18.392
C14:0	4.9	14
C16:1 ω7c	2.9	15.819
C18:0	2.2	18
C16:0 10-methyl	1.6	16.433
C20:2 ω6,9c	1.6	19.735
C17:1 ω8c	1.5	16.792
C15:0	1.5	15

API coryne

@ref	Reduction of nitrateNIT	PYZ	PYRA	PAL	beta GUR	beta GAL	alpha GLU	beta NAG	ESC	URE	GEL	Control fermentationControl	GLU	RIB	XYL	MAN	MAL	LAC	SAC	GLYG	CAT
46683	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

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
10863	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+/-	+	-	-	-
46683	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-
119113	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
10863	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	+	-	-	not determinedn.d.

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
119113	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence X80613 (>99% sequence identity) for Rhodococcus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	4265
Soil Samples	18366
Animal Samples	5588
Plant Samples	3054
Total Samples	31273

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
10863	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
119113		2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Rhodococcus equi 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM43199T	X80613	1475		43767

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Phage as a source of antibacterial genes: Multiple inhibitory products encoded by Rhodococcus phage YF1.	Shibayama Y, Dabbs ER.	Bacteriophage	10.4161/bact.1.4.17746	2011
	Rhodococcus strains as a good biotool for neutralizing pharmaceutical pollutants and obtaining therapeutically valuable products: Through the past into the future.	Ivshina I, Bazhutin G, Tyumina E.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.967127	2022
Pathogenicity	Pathogenic Nocardia, Rhodococcus, and related organisms are highly susceptible to imidazole antifungals.	Dabbs ER, Naidoo S, Lephoto C, Nikitina N.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.47.4.1476-1478.2003	2003
	Monooxygenase-like sequence of a Rhodococcus equi gene conferring increased resistance to rifampin by inactivating this antibiotic.	Andersen SJ, Quan S, Gowan B, Dabbs ER.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.41.1.218	1997
Metabolism	Cholesterol oxidase: physiological functions.	Kreit J, Sampson NS.	FEBS J	10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07378.x	2009
Metabolism	3-Ketosteroid 9alpha-hydroxylase enzymes: Rieske non-heme monooxygenases essential for bacterial steroid degradation.	Petrusma M, van der Geize R, Dijkhuizen L.	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-014-0188-2	2014
	Structures of Three Actinobacteriophage Capsids: Roles of Symmetry and Accessory Proteins.	Podgorski J, Calabrese J, Alexandrescu L, Jacobs-Sera D, Pope W, Hatfull G, White S.	Viruses	10.3390/v12030294	2020
	Process Optimization for the Bioinspired Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using Cordyceps militaris, Its Characterization, and Assessment of Enhanced Therapeutic Efficacy.	Gawas G, Ayyanar M, Gurav N, Hase D, Murade V, Nadaf S, Khan MS, Chikhale R, Kalaskar M, Gurav S.	Pharmaceuticals (Basel)	10.3390/ph16091311	2023
Metabolism	Steroid 9alpha-hydroxylation during testosterone degradation by resting rhodococcus equi cells.	Kim YU, Han J, Lee SS, Shimizu K, Tsutsumi Y, Kondo R	Arch Pharm (Weinheim)	10.1002/ardp.200600175	2007

References

#10863	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 43199
#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 )
#36024	; Curators of the CIP;
#46683	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 17758
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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 .
#119113	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107070
#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 equi (DSM 43199, ATCC 14887, ATCC 25715)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

Fatty acid profile

API coryne

API zym

API 20NE

API biotype100

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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