Rhodococcus sp. (DSM 20165, ATCC 15587, 2439)

Name: Rhodococcus sp. (DSM 20165, ATCC 15587, 2439)
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BacDive ID 10965

Type strain

Strain Designation 2439

Culture col. no. DSM 20165 ATCC 15587 2439

NCBI tax ID(s) 194249

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2439 is a mesophilic prokaryote that produces amino acids and was isolated from sewage.

amino acid production mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 36430

ATCC 15587,DSM 20165,BCRC 10031,CCRC 10031

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:49:28

Domain Bacillati

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
8588	CORYNEBACTERIUM AGAR (DSMZ Medium 53)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CORYNEBACTERIUM AGAR (DSMZ Medium 53) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 10.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Glucose 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
8588	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

@ref	Compound
8588	L glutamic acid
8588	alpha ketoglutaric acid
8588	L tryptophan
8588	L glutamic acid using gaseous hydrocarbons as main carbon source

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
8588	A31	A1gamma m-Dpm-direct

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Waste	#Wastewater

Isolation

8588

Sample typesewage

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#8588	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20165
#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 )
#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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