Rhodococcus globerulus (DSM 44596, ATCC 19370, MDB 279)

Name: Rhodococcus globerulus (DSM 44596, ATCC 19370, MDB 279)
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BacDive ID 131828

Type strain

Strain Designation MDB 279

Culture col. no. DSM 44596 ATCC 19370 MDB 279 NCIB 9159 JCM 7475 4 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1818

Special Collections DSMZ JCM

History <- ATCC <- NCIB <- MDB <- P. Gray NCIB 9159 <-- CCM 279 <-- P. H. H. Gray.

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Rhodococcus globerulus MDB 279 is a bacterium of the family Nocardiaceae.

genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 36960

ATCC 19370,NCIB 9159,JCM 7475,CCM 279,NCIMB 9159,VKM Ac-859,CBS 611.67,DSM 44596,DSM 43574

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:31:34

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Nocardiaceae

Genus Rhodococcus

Species Rhodococcus globerulus

Full scientific name Rhodococcus globerulus Goodfellow et al. 1985

Synonyms (2)

Nocardia globerula
"Mycobacterium globerulum"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Rhodococcus globerulus** (7)	Type strain
10991	R. globerulus 544, R 58, R58, DSM 43954, ATCC 25714, IFO ... (type strain)
10990	R. globerulus R56, DSM 43953, ATCC 25711, CIP 104653, IMET ...
10992	R. globerulus 308-97, PWD8, SbaT1, DSM 44306
10993	R. globerulus MAWB, DSM 44520
10994	R. globerulus MAWE, DSM 44521
10995	R. globerulus MAWA, DSM 44519
24243	R. globerulus 97-406, PWD30, DSM 44310

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Motility	Confidence
125438		91.5

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
11911	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)
11911	positive	growth	28
67770	positive	growth	28

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	96.4

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence FR749915 (>99% sequence identity) for Nocardiaceae from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1183
Soil Samples	1235
Animal Samples	2519
Plant Samples	104
Total Samples	5041

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11911	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM812510v1 assembly for Nocardia globerula DSM 44596	scaffold	GCA_008125105	1818.5	2770939498	1818	45.5

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
11911	Nocardia globerula strain DSM 44596 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence	NR_104795.1	1507		1818
67770	Nocardia globerula partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain DSM 44596T	FR749915	1507		1818

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Nocardia globerula DSM 44596
NCBI: GCA_008125105

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	83.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	60.70	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	83.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	96.40	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Nocardia globerula strain DSM 44596
PATRIC: 1818.5

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	88.33	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	98.69	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	65.20	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	87.28	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.00	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	91.50	no

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Complete genome sequence of Rhodococcus globerulus AX7B, an abscisic acid-metabolizing strain.	Belimov AA, Guro PV, Sekste EA, Sazanova AL, Azarova TS, Shaposhnikov AI, Yuzikhin OS, Shahnazarova VY, Vishnevskaya NA, Lebedinsky MI, Safronova VI.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.00685-25	2025

References

#11911	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 44596
#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 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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 .
#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 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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 globerulus (DSM 44596, ATCC 19370, MDB 279)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_008125105

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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