Rhodococcus erythropolis (CIP 104497, ATCC 15963, IAM 1399)

Name: Rhodococcus erythropolis (CIP 104497, ATCC 15963, IAM 1399)
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BacDive ID 137083

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 104497 ATCC 15963 IAM 1399 IFO 12538 JCM 2892 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1833

Special Collections JCM CIP

History IAM 1399 <-- H. Iizuka and K. Komagata Kp-10. CIP <- 1995, JCM <- IAM <- H. Lizuka and K. Komagata: strain Kp-10, Corynebacterium oleophilus

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Rhodococcus erythropolis CIP 104497 is a mesophilic prokaryote of the family Nocardiaceae.

mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 45597

ATCC 15963,IAM 1399,NRRL B-16534,CIP 104497,IFO 12538,JCM 2892,NBRC 12538

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:48

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Nocardiaceae

Genus Rhodococcus

Species Rhodococcus erythropolis

Full scientific name Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (9)

Arthrobacter picolinophilus
Rhodococcus qingshengii
"Nocardia erythropolis"
Rhodococcus enclensis
"Mycobacterium erythropolis"
Rhodococcus baikonurensis
Rhodococcus degradans
Nocardia calcarea
Rhodococcus jialingiae

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Rhodococcus erythropolis** (66)	Type strain
10866	R. erythropolis A-0201, N11, DSM 43066, ATCC 25544, ATCC ... (type strain)
10851	R. erythropolis huber, 2411, DSM 312, ATCC 15591, CCUG 27198
10852	R. erythropolis B-297, DSM 313, ATCC 19140
10853	R. erythropolis DSM 743, ATCC 25544, CCM 277, NCIB 9158
10854	R. erythropolis B-286, DSM 772, DSM 43296
10855	R. erythropolis HA1, DSM 6344
10856	R. erythropolis CAA2, DSM 7337
10857	R. erythropolis MPropP3, DSM 8424
10858	R. erythropolis MP50, DSM 9675
10859	R. erythropolis C3II, DSM 9685
10860	R. erythropolis K2a, DSM 11397
10861	R. erythropolis EK2, DSM 12788
10862	R. erythropolis EK5, DSM 12789
10863	R. erythropolis DSM 20665, ATCC 27854, JCM 11573, CCM 2769, ...
10864	R. erythropolis T-16, DSM 43135, LBG A 3116, NCIB 9409, ETH ...
10865	R. erythropolis No 52, DSM 43060, ATCC 11048, CCM 2595, NCIB ...
10867	R. erythropolis DSM 43188, ATCC 19369, CBS 613.67, CCM 2597, ...
10868	R. erythropolis DSM 43200, DSM 314, NCIB 9905
10869	R. erythropolis A 20-17, Schering 254, DSM 43288, ATCC 14559
10870	R. erythropolis B-286, Schering 270, DSM 43296, ATCC 17895
10871	R. erythropolis B-285, Schering 271, DSM 43297, ATCC 17896
10872	R. erythropolis DSM 43574, CBS 611.67, SN 6400
10873	R. erythropolis TTD-1, DSM 43933
10874	R. erythropolis N63, DSM 43958
10876	R. erythropolis N60, DSM 43957
10877	R. erythropolis DSM 44235
10878	R. erythropolis 404-97, H1aT1, PWD28, DSM 44308
10879	R. erythropolis MAWF, DSM 44522
10880	R. erythropolis DTB, DSM 44534
10914	R. erythropolis 81 N Fr, DSM 43590
103558	R. erythropolis ST033319(HKI),
130481	R. erythropolis DSM 26610, NCIMB 8147
131916	R. erythropolis Stev11, DSM 103048
134648	R. erythropolis TA 57, CIP 107391
137086	R. erythropolis P-8-1, CIP 104499, ATCC 15961, IAM 1484, ...
137088	R. erythropolis CIP 104500, ATCC 15962, IAM 1494, JCM 2895
137854	R. erythropolis IFP 192 P, CIP 101879
138041	R. erythropolis CIP 102573
138089	R. erythropolis CIP 104646, ATCC 21035, IFO 12320
138358	R. erythropolis CIP 106505, NRRL B-16531, ATCC 15960, JCM ...
139251	R. erythropolis CIP 104647, IAM 1414, IFO 12539, JCM 20158, ...
139773	R. erythropolis ACN1, DSM 105063
145711	R. erythropolis CCUG 29360
146519	R. erythropolis CCUG 31366
146583	R. erythropolis CCUG 31495
150997	R. erythropolis CCUG 42976
151111	R. erythropolis CCUG 43294
151622	R. erythropolis CCUG 44470
152104	R. erythropolis CCUG 45793
152657	R. erythropolis CCUG 47303
152710	R. erythropolis CCUG 47441
152741	R. erythropolis CCUG 47521
154681	R. erythropolis CCUG 54830
156842	R. erythropolis CCUG 66020
157817	R. erythropolis BG43, DSM 46869
157818	R. erythropolis Stevenage 150518_C15, DSM 107796
160170	R. erythropolis CCMMB1294, GK12, DSM 102980
162788	R. erythropolis JCM 20154, IAM 1400
162791	R. erythropolis JCM 20161, CIP 104648, IAM 1428, IFO 12540, ...
162792	R. erythropolis JCM 20165, IAM 1440
162796	R. erythropolis JCM 20170, IAM 1452
162803	R. erythropolis JCM 20186, IAM 1503
163709	R. erythropolis JCM 3011, CGMCC 4.1481, IFM 0020
166074	R. erythropolis JCM 9803
166075	R. erythropolis JCM 9804
166076	R. erythropolis JCM 9805

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
36934	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
36934	CIP Medium 3			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
36934	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-8(H₂)

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
36934		Japan	JPN	Asia
67770	Soil in petroleum zone	Japan	JPN	Asia
36934	Environment, Soil in petroleum zone	Japan	JPN	Asia

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
36934	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Rhodococcus erythropolis IAM 1399 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY017138	625		1833
124043	Rhodococcus erythropolis gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 2892.	AB429547	1440		1833

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	61.2	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Cloning and characterization of benzoate catabolic genes in the gram-positive polychlorinated biphenyl degrader Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.	Kitagawa W, Miyauchi K, Masai E, Fukuda M.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.183.22.6598-6606.2001	2001
Enzymology	Distribution of aldoxime dehydratase in microorganisms.	Kato Y, Ooi R, Asano Y.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.66.6.2290-2296.2000	2000
	Horizontal Spread of Rhodococcus equi Macrolide Resistance Plasmid pRErm46 across Environmental Actinobacteria.	Alvarez-Narvaez S, Giguere S, Berghaus LJ, Dailey C, Vazquez-Boland JA.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00108-20	2020
Enzymology	Diversity of nitrile hydratase and amidase enzyme genes in Rhodococcus erythropolis recovered from geographically distinct habitats.	Brandao PF, Clapp JP, Bull AT.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.69.10.5754-5766.2003	2003
Metabolism	Gene cluster and regulation system for 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) degradation in Janibacter sp. TYM3221.	Nguyen PA, Trinh TH, Fukumitsu Y, Shimodaira J, Miyauchi K, Tokuda M, Kasai D, Masai E, Fukuda M	J Biosci Bioeng	10.1016/j.jbiosc.2013.01.007	2013
Metabolism	Dual two-component regulatory systems are involved in aromatic compound degradation in a polychlorinated-biphenyl degrader, Rhodococcus jostii RHA1.	Takeda H, Shimodaira J, Yukawa K, Hara N, Kasai D, Miyauchi K, Masai E, Fukuda M	J Bacteriol	10.1128/JB.00429-10	2010
Metabolism	Characterization of transcriptional regulatory genes for biphenyl degradation in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.	Takeda H, Yamada A, Miyauchi K, Masai E, Fukuda M	J Bacteriol	10.1128/JB.186.7.2134-2146.2004	2004
Metabolism	2-Hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate metabolic pathway genes in a strong polychlorinated biphenyl degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.	Sakai M, Miyauchi K, Kato N, Masai E, Fukuda M	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/AEM.69.1.427-433.2003	2003
	Multiple Polychlorinated Biphenyl Transformation Systems in the Gram-Positive Bacterium Rhodococcus sp. Strain RHA1.	Seto M, Masai E, Ida M, Hatta T, Kimbara K, Fukuda M, Yano K	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.61.12.4510-4513.1995	1995
Enzymology	Characterization of nitrile hydratase genes cloned by DNA screening from Rhodococcus erythropolis.	Duran R, Nishiyama M, Horinouchi S, Beppu T	Biosci Biotechnol Biochem	10.1271/bbb.57.1323	1993

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 )
#36934	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104497
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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 erythropolis (CIP 104497, ATCC 15963, IAM 1399)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Observation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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