Rhodococcus sp. (DSM 16550, NCIMB 13064)

Name: Rhodococcus sp. (DSM 16550, NCIMB 13064)
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BacDive ID 10964

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 16550 NCIMB 13064

NCBI tax ID(s) 194249

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- NCIMB <- H. Curragh, Univ. Belfast (Rhodococcus rhodochrous)

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DSM 16550 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from soil exposed to tetrachloroethene.

mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 60783

NCIMB 13064,DSM 16550

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:24

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Nocardiaceae

Genus Rhodococcus

Full scientific name Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (4)

"Prescottia"
"Prescottella"
Prescottella
Rhodococcoides

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
6504	MINERAL MEDIUM WITH VITAMINS (DSMZ Medium 462)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: MINERAL MEDIUM (BRUNNER) WITH VITAMINS (DSMZ Medium 462) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Na2HPO4 2.44 g/l KH2PO4 1.52 g/l (NH4)2SO4 0.5 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.2 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.05 g/l EDTA 0.005 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.002 g/l H3BO3 0.0003 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.0002 g/l Pyridoxamine 0.000125 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0001 g/l Nicotinic acid 5e-05 g/l Vitamin B12 5e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 3e-05 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 3e-05 g/l p-Aminobenzoate 2.5e-05 g/l Thiamine-HCl x 2 H2O 2.5e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 2e-05 g/l Calcium pantothenate 1.25e-05 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 1e-05 g/l Biotin 5e-06 g/l Distilled water
6504	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
6504	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

6504

Compounddehalogenases

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
6504	soil exposed to tetrachloroethene	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ250928 (>99% sequence identity) for Nocardiaceae from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	6494
Soil Samples	7777
Animal Samples	11681
Plant Samples	2835
Total Samples	28787

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Rhodococcus erythropolis 16S rRNA gene, strain NCIMB13064	AJ250928	1332		1833

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Haloalkane-utilizing Rhodococcus strains isolated from geographically distinct locations possess a highly conserved gene cluster encoding haloalkane catabolism.	Poelarends GJ, Zandstra M, Bosma T, Kulakov LA, Larkin MJ, Marchesi JR, Weightman AJ, Janssen DB	J Bacteriol	10.1128/JB.182.10.2725-2731.2000	2000
Genetics	Characterization of IS2112, a new insertion sequence from Rhodococcus, and its relationship with mobile elements belonging to the IS110 family.	Kulakov LA, Poelarends GJ, Janssen DB, Larkin MJ	Microbiology (Reading)	10.1099/13500872-145-3-561	1999

References

#6504	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 16550
#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 )
#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 sp. (DSM 16550, NCIMB 13064)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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