Rhodococcus opacus (DSM 43205, ATCC 51881, CIP 104549)

Name: Rhodococcus opacus (DSM 43205, ATCC 51881, CIP 104549)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 10998

Type strain

Strain Designation 1b, 18

Culture col. no. DSM 43205 ATCC 51881 CIP 104549 DSM 427 JCM 9703 10 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 37919

Special Collections DSMZ JCM KCTC CIP Wink compendium

History <- IMG, 1b (Nocardia opaca) <- D. Siebert, 1B 2015, J. Kreit, Mohammed V Univ. Rabat, Morocco: strain GK3 DSM 43205 <-- IMG, 1b <-- D. Siebert 1B. CIP <- 1995, DSM <- D. Claus, DSM 427 <- IMG: strain 1b <- D. Siebert: strain 18

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Rhodococcus opacus 1b is an obligate aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from soil.

Gram-positive rod-shaped obligate aerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 10716

LMG 18000,ATCC 51881,CIP 104549,DSM 427,DSM 43205,NCIMB 13353,JCM 9703,NCIMB 10810,IFO 16217,KCTC 9811,NBRC 16217,NBRC 100624,CGMCC 4.1820

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:25

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Nocardiaceae

Genus Rhodococcus

Species Rhodococcus opacus

Full scientific name Rhodococcus opacus Klatte et al. 1995

Synonyms (2)

Rhodococcus percolatus
Rhodococcus imtechensis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Rhodococcus opacus** (29)	Type strain
10996	R. opacus DSM 1069
10997	R. opacus C125, DSM 8531
10999	R. opacus DSM 43206, ATCC 21499, DSM 441, CIP 104550, ...
11000	R. opacus DSM 43250, ATCC 51882
11001	R. opacus DSM 43251
11002	R. opacus Pellegrino 327, DSM 43252, CIP 104626
11003	R. opacus S676, 225, DSM 43280, ATCC 4275, IMET 7025, ...
11004	R. opacus 691-19, DSM 43943, IMET 7363
11005	R. opacus DSM 44072, CBS 330.61
11006	R. opacus DSM 44236
11007	R. opacus MoAcy1, DSM 44186
11008	R. opacus Tue Acy 1, DSM 44188
11010	R. opacus 305-97, L2aT3, PWD5, DSM 44304
11011	R. opacus 307-97, PWD7, S2aT5, S₂aT5, DSM ...
11012	R. opacus 310-97, L1aT1, PWD10, DSM 44307
11013	R. opacus GW-86a, DSM 44311
11014	R. opacus Bie-17, DSM 44312
11015	R. opacus 304-97, H1aT2, PWD4, DSM 44313
11016	R. opacus 315-97, PWD15, S1aT1, DSM 44314
11017	R. opacus 97-319, H3aT3, PWD19, DSM 44315
11018	R. opacus ISO-5, DSM 44600
11019	R. opacus ROL1, DSM 44853
11020	R. opacus ROL2, DSM 44854
11021	R. opacus R1L6, DSM 44855
11022	R. opacus DSM 46027, IMET 7365, NCIB 9702
103557	R. opacus ST033313(HKI),
136650	R. opacus R7, CIP 107348
160415	R. opacus 1CP, DSM 46757, VKM Ac-2638
173346	R. opacus GK 3, GK3, CIP 110889, CCMM B1295

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
121422	positive	rod-shaped
125439	positive		98.3
125438			91.5

Multimedia

@ref:	10865
multimedia content:	DSM_43205.jpg
multimedia.multimedia content:	https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/photos/DSM_43205.jpg
caption:	Medium 535 28°C
intellectual property rights:	© Leibniz-Institut DSMZ
manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
10865	TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water
10865	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
35692	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
41630	MEDIUM 29- Brain heart agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Brain heart infusion agar (52.000 g)
121422	CIP Medium 3	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
10865	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
35692	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
41630	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
121422	positive	growth	10-37
121422	negative	growth	41
121422	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
121422	obligate aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	95.6

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
18483	NaCl	positive	maximum	7.5 %
121422	NaCl	positive	growth	0-6 %
121422	NaCl		growth	8 %
121422	NaCl		growth	10 %

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-8(H₂)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68368	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68368	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	assimilation	from API 20E
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
121422	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68368	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
121422	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68368	25094 ChEBI	lysine	-	degradation	from API 20E
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
121422	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
121422	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API 20NE
121422	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68368	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	+	degradation	from API 20E
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68368	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20E
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68368	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	from API 20E
68368	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide	from API 20E
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20NE
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Indole test
121422	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-		from API 20E
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		-	from API 20NE
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole		-	from API 20E

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
121422	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
121422	amylase	+
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68368	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	from API 20E
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
121422	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68379	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68368	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API 20E
68369	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68379	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
121422	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
121422	DNase	-
121422	gelatinase	-
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
68368	gelatinase	-		from API 20E
121422	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
121422	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68368	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18	from API 20E
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
121422	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
68368	ornithine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.17	from API 20E
121422	oxidase	-
121422	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
68379	pyrazinamidase	-	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68368	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API 20E
121422	tween esterase	-
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
68368	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API 20E

API 20E

@ref	ONPG	ADH (Arg)	LDC (Lys)	ODC	CIT	H2S productionH2S	URE	TDA (Trp)	IND	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	GEL	GLU	MAN	INO	Sor	RHA	SAC	MEL	AMY	ARA	OX	Nitrite productionNO2	Reduction to N2N2	MotilityMOB	Growth on MacConkey mediumMAC	OF-O	OF-F
18483	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

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
18483	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	not determinedn.d.
10865	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
18483	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-
10865	-	+	-	-	-	+	+/-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	+	-	+/-	-	-	-	-
121422	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-
10865	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	+/-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
10865	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+/-	+/-	+	+	+/-	+	-	+	+	+	+	not determinedn.d.

API biotype100

@ref	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
121422	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
10865	soil
67770	Soil from the surroundings of a defective town gas pipe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
18483	1	German classification According to TRBA 466
10865	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
121422	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM4828834v1 assembly for Rhodococcus opacus DSM 43205	complete	GCA_048288345			37919	95.11
66792	ASM91059154v1 assembly for Rhodococcus opacus DSM 43205	contig	GCA_910591545	37919.99	8119377545	37919	69.8
67770	ASM1239623v1 assembly for Rhodococcus opacus ATCC 51881	contig	GCA_012396235	37919.38	8115121109	37919	56.66
67770	ASM164673v1 assembly for Rhodococcus opacus DSM 43205	contig	GCA_001646735	37919.12	2744054613	37919	1.08

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Rhodococcus opacus strain DSM 43205 note copy 1 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence	AF536493	301	37919
20218	Rhodococcus opacus strain DSM 43205 note copy 2 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence	AF536494	308	37919
20218	Rhodococcus opacus strain DSM 43205 note copy 3 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence	AF536495	302	37919
20218	Rhodococcus opacus strain DSM 43205 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KF410349	1481	37919
20218	Rhodococcus opacus 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM43205T	X80630	1481	37919
67770	Rhodococcus opacus partial 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 43205, isolate Clone 1	LN827918	1510	37919
67770	Rhodococcus opacus partial 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 43205, isolate Clone 2	LN827919	1510	37919
67770	Rhodococcus opacus partial 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 43205, isolate Clone 3	LN827920	1509	37919

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	67.6	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Rhodococcus opacus ATCC 51881
NCBI: GCA_012396235

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	50.30	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	87.40	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	98.30	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	95.60	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Rhodococcus opacus strain ATCC 51881
PATRIC: 37919.38

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	86.00	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.59	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	62.12	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	89.93	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	98.00	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	91.50	no

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Metabolism	Desulfonation and degradation of the disulfodiphenylethercarboxylates from linear alkyldiphenyletherdisulfonate surfactants.	Schleheck D, Lechner M, Schonenberger R, Suter MJ, Cook AM.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.69.2.938-944.2003	2003
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
Metabolism	Microcosm enrichment of biphenyl-degrading microbial communities from soils and sediments.	Wagner-Dobler I, Bennasar A, Vancanneyt M, Strompl C, Brummer I, Eichner C, Grammel I, Moore ER.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.64.8.3014-3022.1998	1998
Biotechnology	Production of biopolymer precursors beta-alanine and L-lactic acid from CO(2) with metabolically versatile Rhodococcus opacus DSM 43205.	Salusjarvi L, Ojala L, Peddinti G, Lienemann M, Jouhten P, Pitkanen JP, Toivari M	Front Bioeng Biotechnol	10.3389/fbioe.2022.989481	2022
Phylogeny	Rhodococcus imtechensis sp. nov., a nitrophenol-degrading actinomycete.	Ghosh A, Paul D, Prakash D, Mayilraj S, Jain RK	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63939-0	2006

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#10865	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 43205
#18483	Wink, J.: Compendium of Actinobacteria. HZI-Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig .
#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 )
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#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68368	Automatically annotated from API 20E .
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#121422	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104549
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
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