Name: Rhodococcus rhodochrous DSM 43274
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 10910

Type strain:

Species: Rhodococcus rhodochrous

Culture col. no.: DSM 43274, ATCC 271, JCM 2156, BCRC 13391, CIP 104186, IAM 12125, IMSNU 22207, KCTC 3490

Strain history: CIP <- 1994, JCM <- IAM, Mycobacterium rhodochrous <- ATCC <- E.O. Jordan, Bacillus mycoides roseus II <- Ruth Med. College

NCBI tax ID(s): 1829 (species)

SI-ID 34594

ATCC 271, DSM 43274, CIP 104186, IAM 12125, JCM 2156, KCTC 3490, BCRC 13391, CCRC 13391

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Section

Rhodococcus rhodochrous DSM 43274 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped human pathogen.

Gram-positive
rod-shaped
human pathogen
obligate aerobe
16S sequence

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 rhodochrous**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Rhodococcus rhodochrous (Zopf 1891) Tsukamura 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

	Synonym	"Staphylococcus* rhodochrous"*
	Synonym	Rhodococcus roseus

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #122224]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #122224]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)

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Culture medium growth

[Ref.: #10918]

Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

[Ref.: #10918]

Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar

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Culture medium growth

[Ref.: #35633]

Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 3

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #10918]		growth	28 °C
[Ref.: #35633]		growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #67770]		growth	28 °C
[Ref.: #122224]		growth	10-41 °C
[Ref.: #122224]	no	growth	45 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #122224]

Oxygen tolerance

obligate aerobe

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Observation

quinones: MK-8(H₂)

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #122224]	esculin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #122224]	nitrate ChEBI	+	reduction
[Ref.: #122224]	nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction

	Antibiotica	Metabolite	Antibiotic sensitivity	Antibiotic resistance
[Ref.: #122224]		0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)	no	yes

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #122224]		indole ChEBI	no

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test	Methylred-test
[Ref.: #122224]		acetoin ChEBI	-
[Ref.: #122224]		glucose ChEBI		-

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #122224]	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
[Ref.: #68382]	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #122224]	amylase	+
[Ref.: #122224]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #122224]	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
[Ref.: #122224]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #122224]	DNase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #122224]	gelatinase	-
[Ref.: #122224]	lecithinase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #122224]	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #122224]	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
[Ref.: #122224]	oxidase	-
[Ref.: #122224]	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	+	4.3.1.24
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #122224]	tryptophan deaminase	-
[Ref.: #122224]	urease	-	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	-		* from API zym
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API® Biotype100:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	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
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API® zym:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Control	2-naphthyl phosphateAlkaline phosphatase	2-naphthyl butyrateEsterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	2-naphthyl myristateLipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamideTrypsin	N-glutaryl-phenylalanine-2-naphthylamidealpha- Chymotrypsin	2-naphthyl phosphateAcid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-galactpyranosidealpha- Galactosidase	2-naphthyl-betaD-galactpyranosidebeta- Galactosidase	Naphthol-AS-BI-betaD-glucuronidebeta- Glucuronidase	2-naphthyl-alphaD-glucopyranosidealpha- Glucosidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-betaD-glucopyranosidebeta- Glucosidase	1-naphthyl-N-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminideN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-mannopyranosidealpha- Mannosidase	2-naphthyl-alphaL-fucopyranosidealpha- Fucosidase
[Ref.: #122224]	7831	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #69479]

Global distribution of 16S sequence X80624 (>99% sequence identity) for Rhodococcus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	2874
Soil Samples	4842
Animal Samples	3364
Plant Samples	641
Total Samples	11721

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

[Ref.: #10918]	Pathogenicity (human)	yes, in single cases
[Ref.: #10918]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
[Ref.: #122224]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (French classification)

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #20218]	R.rhodochrous 16S rRNA gene (ATCC 271T)	X81921	1319	GenBank ENA	1829 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Rhodococcus rhodochrous 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM43274T	X80624	1471	GenBank ENA	1829 tax ID	*

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GC-content

67.5 mol%

high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Availability in culture collections External links

[Ref.: #10918]

Culture collection no.

DSM 43274, ATCC 271, JCM 2156, BCRC 13391, CIP 104186, IAM 12125, IMSNU 22207, KCTC 3490

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SI-ID 34594

References

#10918

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 43274

#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 )

#35633 ; Curators of the CIP;
#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;

#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 .

#80164

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID34594.1 )

#122224 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104186
* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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