Rhodococcus erythropolis (CIP 102573)

Name: Rhodococcus erythropolis (CIP 102573)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 138041

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 102573

NCBI tax ID(s) 1833

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1986, Lab. Ident. Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain 553.86, Rhodococcus sp. <- Bordeaux Hosp., Bordeaux, France

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Rhodococcus erythropolis CIP 102573 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Nocardiaceae.

Gram-positive rod-shaped obligate aerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 69898

CIP 102573

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:33:01

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
137083	R. erythropolis CIP 104497, ATCC 15963, IAM 1399, IFO 12538, ...
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
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

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
38996	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

38996

Hemolysis ability1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
38996	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
38996	CIP Medium 3			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
38996	positive	growth	30
38996	positive	growth	10-37
38996	negative	growth	41
38996	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

38996

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
38996	NaCl	positive	growth	0-8 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
38996	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	carbon source
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
38996	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
38996	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
38996	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
38996	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
38996	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
38996	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
38996	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
38996	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
38996	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
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
38996	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
38996	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
38996	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
38996	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
38996	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
38996	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
38996	gelatinase	-
38996	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
38996	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	+		from API zym
38996	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
38996	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
38996	oxidase	-
38996	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
38996	tryptophan deaminase	-
38996	tween esterase	+
38996	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
38996	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
38996	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+/-	+	+	+	+/-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+/-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
38996	not determinedn.d.	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
38996		Bordeaux	France	FRA	Europe
38996	Human, Blood	Bordeaux	France	FRA	Europe	1986

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
38996	1	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 )
#38996	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 102573
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#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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