Rhodococcus equi (CIP 104292, 787-80)

Name: Rhodococcus equi (CIP 104292, 787-80)
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BacDive ID 135118

Type strain

Strain Designation 787-80

Culture col. no. CIP 104292 787-80

NCBI tax ID(s) 43767

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1994, Lab. Ident. Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain 787-80 <- Besançon Hosp., Besançon, France

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Rhodococcus equi 787-80 is an obligate aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote of the family Nocardiaceae.

Gram-positive coccus-shaped obligate aerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 69896

CIP 104292

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:21

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Nocardiaceae

Genus Rhodococcus

Species Rhodococcus equi

Full scientific name Rhodococcus equi (Magnusson 1923) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (6)

Prescottella equi
Corynebacterium equi
Nocardia restricta
"Prescottia equi"
"Prescottella equi"
"Proactinomyces restrictus"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Rhodococcus equi** (11)	Type strain
134837	R. equi 304-74, CIP 74.35
135024	R. equi 165-87, CIP 102900
136089	R. equi 3158, 413-86, CIP 102409
136114	R. equi CIP 102613
137484	R. equi 16.111, CIP 58.70
137485	R. equi 16449, CIP 58.71
137593	R. equi Cattin, 219-79, CIP 79.36
137851	R. equi CIP 101849
137971	R. equi CIP 102374
138861	R. equi 6600, CIP 58.69
172710	R. equi GK1, CIP 105335

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
34046	positive	coccus-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Composition	Medium link
34046	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar	Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
34046	CIP Medium 3		Medium recipe at CIP
34046	CIP Medium 72		Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
34046	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

34046

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
34046	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
34046	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
34046	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	-		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
34046	oxidase	+
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
34046	urease	+	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

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
34046	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
34046		Besançon	France	FRA	Europe
34046	Human, Blood	Besançon	France	FRA	Europe	1980

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
34046	2	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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 )
#34046	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104292
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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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