Rhodococcus opacus (DSM 46027, IMET 7365, NCIB 9702)

Name: Rhodococcus opacus (DSM 46027, IMET 7365, NCIB 9702)
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BacDive ID 11022

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 46027 IMET 7365 NCIB 9702 IMET 07365 STI07365

NCBI tax ID(s) 37919

Special Collections DSMZ JMRC

History DSMZ <- IMET (Nocardia sp.) <- M. Goodfellow, NCIB 9702M <- NCIB <- K. Wuhrmann (Nocardia alba)

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Rhodococcus opacus DSM 46027 is a bacterium of the family Nocardiaceae.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 50704

DSM 46027,IMET 7365,NCIB 9702,NCIMB 9702,CBS 607.67

@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
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
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
12392	ORGANIC MEDIUM 79 (DSMZ Medium 426)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: ORGANIC MEDIUM 79 (DSMZ Medium 426) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 10.0 g/l Dextrose 10.0 g/l NaCl 6.0 g/l Yeast extract 2.0 g/l Casein peptone 2.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
12392	positive	growth	28

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
12392	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#12392	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 46027
#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 )
#20216	Curators of the JMRC: Jena Microbial Resource Collection (JMRC):
#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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