Rhodococcus rhodochrous (DSM 101666, PY11)

Name: Rhodococcus rhodochrous (DSM 101666, PY11)
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BacDive ID 131010

Type strain

Strain Designation PY11

Culture col. no. DSM 101666 PY11

NCBI tax ID(s) 1829

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- J. Vaitekunas, Vilnis Univ., Inst. of Biochemistry, Dep. of Mol. Microb. and Biotech., Lithuania; PY11

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Rhodococcus rhodochrous PY11 is a mesophilic prokaryote of the family Nocardiaceae.

mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 403937

DSM 101666

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:01:08

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Nocardiaceae

Genus Rhodococcus

Species Rhodococcus rhodochrous

Full scientific name Rhodococcus rhodochrous (Zopf 1891) Tsukamura 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

"Staphylococcus rhodochrous"
Rhodococcus roseus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Rhodococcus rhodochrous** (27)	Type strain
10908	R. rhodochrous 372, KMRh, DSM 43241, ATCC 13808, CIP 104376, ... (type strain)
10560	R. rhodochrous DSM 43240, NCTC 8139, CIP 104649
10844	R. rhodochrous N814, DSM 43969
10875	R. rhodochrous N56, DSM 43956
10897	R. rhodochrous DSM 363, ATCC 4276, DSM 43202, JCM 20420, ...
10898	R. rhodochrous An117, DSM 6263, IMET 7497
10900	R. rhodochrous S5, DSM 6697
10901	R. rhodochrous OR, DSM 11097
10904	R. rhodochrous DSM 43269, ATCC 4273, CBS 197.57, CCM 3245, ...
10905	R. rhodochrous DSM 43198, NCIB 9701, CIP 104622, IMET 7278, ...
10909	R. rhodochrous DSM 43273, ATCC 9356, NRRL B-1306
10910	R. rhodochrous DSM 43274, ATCC 271, JCM 2156, BCRC 13391, ...
10913	R. rhodochrous N31 R312, W 21, DSM 43334
10916	R. rhodochrous N 1030, DSM 43986, IMV 347
10917	R. rhodochrous N27H, DSM 46022, CCM 278, IMET 7285, NCIB ...
10918	R. rhodochrous Gdf N31, Gordon W21, N31, Overbeck, DSM 46023, ...
10919	R. rhodochrous 40019, Breed He-11, Gdf R10, DSM 46044, ATCC ...
103565	R. rhodochrous STH00245(ZIMET), I-449, HKI 0245
131917	R. rhodochrous RPK 1, DSM 103064
136316	R. rhodochrous CIP 104635, PCM 909
136329	R. rhodochrous N454, CIP 104638, PCM 2216
139137	R. rhodochrous CIP 104496, ATCC 4004, IAM 12127, JCM 2158
139161	R. rhodochrous CIP 82.104, ATCC 184, NCTC 2682, NCTC 7510
144204	R. rhodochrous CCUG 23576, ATCC 25721
145853	R. rhodochrous CCUG 29792
163232	R. rhodochrous 1652, JCM 2157, ATCC 999, CIP 104495, IAM ...
169282	R. rhodochrous G38GP, DSM 111905

Morphology

Multimedia

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Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
22302	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)	Range
22302	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
22302	Lithuania	LTU	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence KT951673 (>99% sequence identity) for Rhodococcus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	660
Soil Samples	1489
Animal Samples	1166
Plant Samples	195
Total Samples	3510

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
22302	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
22302	Rhodococcus sp. PY11 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KT951673	1523		551544

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	A 2-Hydroxypyridine Catabolism Pathway in Rhodococcus rhodochrous Strain PY11.	Vaitekunas J, Gasparaviciute R, Rutkiene R, Tauraite D, Meskys R	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/AEM.02975-15	2015

References

#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 )
#22302	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 101666
#69479	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 .
#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 rhodochrous (DSM 101666, PY11)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Multimedia

Culture and growth conditions

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Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

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Literature

References

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