Name: Rhodococcus erythropolis P-8-1
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 137086

Type strain:

Species: Rhodococcus erythropolis

Strain Designation: P-8-1

Culture col. no.: CIP 104499, ATCC 15961, IAM 1484, JCM 2894, IFO 12682, NBRC 12682

Strain history: CIP <- 1995, JCM <- IAM <- H. Lizuka and K. Komagata: strain P-8-1

NCBI tax ID(s): 1833 (species)

SI-ID 36598

ATCC 15961, IAM 1484, NRRL B-16532, CIP 104499, JCM 2894, IFO 12682, NBRC 12682

Other strains from Rhodococcus erythropolis

Section

Rhodococcus erythropolis P-8-1 is an obligate aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote.

Gram-positive
rod-shaped
mesophilic
obligate aerobe
16S sequence

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Genus	*Rhodococcus*
	Species	**Rhodococcus erythropolis**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Rhodococcus erythropolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Goodfellow and Alderson 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

	Synonym	"Mycobacterium* erythropolis"*
	Synonym	Rhodococcus qingshengii
	Synonym	Rhodococcus baikonurensis
	Synonym	Rhodococcus jialingiae
	Synonym	Rhodococcus enclensis
	Synonym	Rhodococcus degradans

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #36937]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #36937]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #36937]	Motility	no

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 3

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 72

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #36937]			growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #67770]			growth	28 °C

[Ref.: #36937]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

obligate aerobe

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Observation

quinones: MK-8(H₂)

	Metabolite utilization	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #36937]		nitrate ChEBI	+	reduction
[Ref.: #36937]		nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #36937]		indole ChEBI	no

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #36937]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #36937]	oxidase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #36937]	urease	+	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	+		* from API zym
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API® zym:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Control	2-naphthyl phosphateAlkaline phosphatase	2-naphthyl butyrateEsterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	2-naphthyl myristateLipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamideTrypsin	N-glutaryl-phenylalanine-2-naphthylamidealpha- Chymotrypsin	2-naphthyl phosphateAcid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-galactpyranosidealpha- Galactosidase	2-naphthyl-betaD-galactpyranosidebeta- Galactosidase	Naphthol-AS-BI-betaD-glucuronidebeta- Glucuronidase	2-naphthyl-alphaD-glucopyranosidealpha- Glucosidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-betaD-glucopyranosidebeta- Glucosidase	1-naphthyl-N-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminideN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-mannopyranosidealpha- Mannosidase	2-naphthyl-alphaL-fucopyranosidealpha- Fucosidase
[Ref.: #36937]	7997	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Soil in petroleum zone
[Ref.: #67770]	Country	Japan
[Ref.: #67770]	Country ISO 3 Code	JPN
[Ref.: #67770]	Continent	Asia

[Ref.: #36937]	Sample type/isolated from	Environment, Soil in petroleum zone
[Ref.: #36937]	Country	Japan
[Ref.: #36937]	Country ISO 3 Code	JPN
[Ref.: #36937]	Continent	Asia

[Ref.: #36937]	Country	Japan
[Ref.: #36937]	Country ISO 3 Code	JPN
[Ref.: #36937]	Continent	Asia
* marker position based on {}

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Global distribution of 16S sequence AB429540 (>99% sequence identity) for Nocardiaceae from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	6494
Soil Samples	7777
Animal Samples	11681
Plant Samples	2835
Total Samples	28787

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (French classification)

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Rhodococcus erythropolis gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 2894	AB429540	1440	ENA	1833 tax ID

[Ref.: #67770]	GC-content	61 mol%	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
[Ref.: #67770]	GC-content	60.6 mol%	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

CIP 104499, ATCC 15961, IAM 1484, JCM 2894, IFO 12682, NBRC 12682

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SI-ID 36598

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 )

#36937 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104499
#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;

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Automatically annotated from API zym .

#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 .

#94060

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID36598.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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