Rhodococcus opacus (DSM 44600, ISO-5)

Name: Rhodococcus opacus (DSM 44600, ISO-5)
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BacDive ID 11018

Type strain

Strain Designation ISO-5

Culture col. no. DSM 44600 ISO-5

NCBI tax ID(s) 37919

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- D. Schleheck, Univ. Konstanz; ISO-5

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Rhodococcus opacus ISO-5 is a bacterium that was isolated from sludge from sewage treatment plant.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 113682

DSM 44600

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:27:28

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** (28)	Type strain
10998	R. opacus 1b, 18, DSM 43205, ATCC 51881, CIP 104549, ... (type strain)
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
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
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
178948	R. opacus IMET 07029, STI07029

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
11915	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
11915	positive	growth	28

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Waste	#Water treatment plant
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Mud (Sludge)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
11915	sludge from sewage treatment plant	Ludwigshafen	Germany	DEU	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11915	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Rhodococcus opacus expresses the xsc gene to utilize taurine as a carbon source or as a nitrogen source but not as a sulfur source.	Denger K, Ruff J, Schleheck D, Cook AM	Microbiology (Reading)	10.1099/mic.0.27077-0	2004
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

References

#11915	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 44600
#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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Rhodococcus opacus (DSM 44600, ISO-5)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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