Rhodococcus ruber (DSM 43335, ATCC 15998, CCUG 23602)

Name: Rhodococcus ruber (DSM 43335, ATCC 15998, CCUG 23602)
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BacDive ID 10926

Type strain

Strain Designation N324

Culture col. no. DSM 43335 ATCC 15998 CCUG 23602 N324 CIP 104641 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1830

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP

History <- M. Goodfellow, N324 <- ATCC (Nocardia pellegrino) <- G. Castelnuova <- Inst. Pasteur Paris <- L. Pellegrino CIP <- 1995, CCUG <- M. Ridell/A. Lind <- 1976, NCIMB

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Rhodococcus ruber N324 is a mesophilic prokaryote of the family Nocardiaceae.

mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 36617

ATCC 15998,CCUG 23602,NCIB 11149,CIP 104641,DSM 43335,NCIMB 11149

@ref 20215

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Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Nocardiaceae

Genus Rhodococcus

Species Rhodococcus ruber

Full scientific name Rhodococcus ruber (Kruse 1896) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

"Streptothrix rubra"
Rhodococcus electrodiphilus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Rhodococcus ruber** (41)	Type strain
10927	R. ruber M-1, N361, A-0205, CCUG 51069, DSM 43338, ... (type strain)
10921	R. ruber An213, DSM 6264, IMET 7643
10922	R. ruber Sm-1, DSM 7511, ATCC 51239
10923	R. ruber Wrink, DSM 7512
10924	R. ruber Propb, DSM 8425
10925	R. ruber Pellegrino 327, DSM 43232, SN 5101
10928	R. ruber Pellegrino 330, DSM 43560, SN 5102
10929	R. ruber DSM 43561, SN 5108
10930	R. ruber DSM 43562, SN 5109
10931	R. ruber DSM 43563, SN 5110
10932	R. ruber DSM 43564, SN 5202
10933	R. ruber DSM 43565, SN 5203
10934	R. ruber DSM 43566, SN 5204
10935	R. ruber DSM 43567, SN 5205
10936	R. ruber DSM 43571, CBS 245.53, SN 6000
10937	R. ruber 81 N grün, DSM 43588
10938	R. ruber 81 N Mo, DSM 43589
10939	R. ruber NI, N_I, DSM 43594
10940	R. ruber NIIa, N_I_I_a, ...
10941	R. ruber N453, DSM 43961
10942	R. ruber 219, DSM 44190
10943	R. ruber S679, ES3-T, FH2170, FERM-P 3374, DSM 44319, ...
10944	R. ruber CD4=CD+1-4II, CD4=CD⁺₁-4II, ...
10945	R. ruber CD4, DSM 44495
10946	R. ruber SM 1790, TB1, DSM 44539
10947	R. ruber EH1, SM1789, DSM 44540
10949	R. ruber ES 1-T, FERM-P 2882, DSM 44755, ATCC 31191, ...
10950	R. ruber DSM 44758
10951	R. ruber 373, N 123, DSM 46008, CBS 334.51, CCM 198, ...
10952	R. ruber 906B, Casenuovo, Inst. Sup, Gdf N325, Casenuovo, ...
10953	R. ruber McClung M-122, DSM 46043, CIP 104660, IMET ...
10954	R. ruber B113, DSM 46646, IMET 7358
10955	R. ruber Chol-4, DSM 45280
10956	R. ruber C208, DSM 45332
103875	R. ruber ST004516(HKI),
130482	R. ruber A5, DSM 46851, CECT 8556
130483	R. ruber EE1, DSM 46852, CECT 8555
130484	R. ruber EE6, DSM 46853, CECT 8612
136328	R. ruber CIP 104637, CCUG 23577, PCM 2171
136331	R. ruber CIP 104640, CCUG 20988
151928	R. ruber CCUG 45236

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
10961	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
35712	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
122276	CIP Medium 3	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
10961	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
35712	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API Coryne
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68379	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
68379	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68379	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
68379	catalase	+	1.11.1.6	from API Coryne
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68379	pyrazinamidase	-	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

47827

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C16:0	36.6	16
C16:1 ω7c/C15:0 ISO 2OH	21.5	15.85
C18:1 ω9c	14.1	17.769
TBSA 10Me18:0	11	18.392
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	9.2	17.724
C15:0	2.7	15
C14:0	2.3	14
C17:0	2	17

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
47827	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
10961	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
122276	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
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

References

#10961	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 43335
#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 )
#35712	; Curators of the CIP;
#47827	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 23602
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#122276	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104641
#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 ruber (DSM 43335, ATCC 15998, CCUG 23602)

Name and taxonomic classification

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