Name: Rhodococcus sp. DSM 16550
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 10964

Type strain:

Species: Rhodococcus sp.

Culture col. no.: DSM 16550, NCIMB 13064

Strain history: <- NCIMB <- H. Curragh, Univ. Belfast (Rhodococcus rhodochrous)

NCBI tax ID(s): 1831 (species)

SI-ID 60783

NCIMB 13064, DSM 16550

Other strains from Rhodococcus sp.

Section

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

mesophilic
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*
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980)

	Synonym	Prescottella
	Synonym	"Rhodococcoides"
	Synonym	Spelaeibacter
	Synonym	"Prescottia"

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

MINERAL MEDIUM WITH VITAMINS (DSMZ Medium 462)

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Culture medium composition

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Culture medium

CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)

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Culture medium composition

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	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
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Temperature range

mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Name of produced compound

dehalogenases

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

[Ref.: #6504]	Sample type/isolated from	soil exposed to tetrachloroethene
[Ref.: #6504]	Country	United Kingdom
[Ref.: #6504]	Country ISO 3 Code	GBR
[Ref.: #6504]	Continent	Europe
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Isolation sources categories

#Environmental

#Terrestrial

#Soil

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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

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]	Rhodococcus erythropolis 16S rRNA gene, strain NCIMB13064	AJ250928	1332	ENA	1833 tax ID	*

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 16550, NCIMB 13064

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SI-ID 60783

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

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Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 16550

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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 )

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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 .

#80218

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-ID60783.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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