Rhodococcus erythropolis (CIP 106505, NRRL B-16531, ATCC 15960)

Name: Rhodococcus erythropolis (CIP 106505, NRRL B-16531, ATCC 15960)
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BacDive ID 138358

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 106505 NRRL B-16531 ATCC 15960 JCM 2893 IAM 1474 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1833

Special Collections JCM CIP

History IAM 1474 <-- H. Iizuka and K. Komagata P-9. CIP <- 2000, L.K. Nakamura, NCAUR, Illinois, USA: strain NRRL B-16531 <- ATCC <- Ajinomoto Co, Inc. <- IAM

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Rhodococcus erythropolis CIP 106505 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Nocardiaceae.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 36597

ATCC 15960,IAM 1474,NRRL B-16531,CIP 104498,JCM 2893,CIP 106505

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:33:06

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
138041	R. erythropolis CIP 102573
138089	R. erythropolis CIP 104646, ATCC 21035, IFO 12320
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
39542	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

39542

Hemolysis ability1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
39542	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
39542	CIP Medium 3			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
39542	positive	growth	30
39542	positive	growth	10-41
39542	negative	growth	45
67770	positive	growth	28

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

39542

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
39542	NaCl	positive	growth	0-6 %
39542	NaCl		growth	8 %
39542	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
39542	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
39542	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
39542	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
39542	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
39542	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
39542	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
39542	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
39542	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
39542	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
39542	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
39542	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
39542	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
39542	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
39542	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
39542	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
39542	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
39542	gelatinase	-
39542	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
39542	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	+		from API zym
39542	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
39542	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
39542	oxidase	-
39542	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
39542	tryptophan deaminase	-
39542	tween esterase	-
39542	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
39542	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-

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
39542	not determinedn.d.	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
39542		Japan	JPN	Asia
67770	Soil in petroleum zone	Japan	JPN	Asia
39542	Environment, Soil, petroleum zone	Japan	JPN	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB429539 (>99% sequence identity) for Nocardiaceae from Microbeatlas

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

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
39542	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
67770	Rhodococcus erythropolis gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 2893	AB429539	1440	1833
124043	Rhodococcus erythropolis gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 2893.	AB478993	1440	1833
124043	Rhodococcus erythropolis 16S rRNA gene, partial	AJ009591	817	1833
124043	Rhodococcus erythropolis IAM 1474 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	AY017133	625	1833

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	60.9	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Generalization of Classification of AlkB Family Alkane Monooxygenases from Rhodococcus (sensu lato) Group Based on Phylogenetic Analysis and Genomic Context Comparison.	Petrikov KV, Vetrova AA, Ivanova AA, Sazonova OI, Pozdnyakova-Filatova IY.	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms26041713	2025
Genetics	Detection of gene clusters for biodegradation of alkanes and aromatic compounds in the Rhodococcus qingshengii VKM Ac-2784D genome.	Markova YA, Petrushin IS, Belovezhets LA.	Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii	10.18699/vjgb-23-33	2023
	Metagenomic Insights Into Biopile Remediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Soil Using Chicken Droppings in Rivers State, Nigeria.	Fenibo EO, Nkuna R, Matambo T.	Bioinform Biol Insights	10.1177/11779322251371117	2025
	The complete alk sequences of Rhodococcus erythropolis from Lake Baikal.	Likhoshvay A, Lomakina A, Grachev M.	Springerplus	10.1186/2193-1801-3-621	2014
	Characterization and Transcriptional Regulation of n-Alkane Hydroxylase Gene Cluster of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1.	Gibu N, Kasai D, Ikawa T, Akiyama E, Fukuda M.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms7110479	2019
	Identification of alkane hydroxylase genes in Rhodococcus sp. strain TMP2 that degrades a branched alkane	Takei D, Washio K, Morikawa M.	Biotechnol Lett		2008
Enzymology	Gene cloning and characterization of multiple alkane hydroxylase systems in Rhodococcus strains Q15 and NRRL B-16531.	Whyte LG, Smits TH, Labbe D, Witholt B, Greer CW, van Beilen JB.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.68.12.5933-5942.2002	2002
Metabolism	Microbial population dynamics associated with crude-oil biodegradation in diverse soils.	Hamamura N, Olson SH, Ward DM, Inskeep WP.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.01015-06	2006
Enzymology	Cytochrome P450 alkane hydroxylases of the CYP153 family are common in alkane-degrading eubacteria lacking integral membrane alkane hydroxylases.	van Beilen JB, Funhoff EG, van Loon A, Just A, Kaysser L, Bouza M, Holtackers R, Rothlisberger M, Li Z, Witholt B.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.72.1.59-65.2006	2006
Metabolism	Involvement of an alkane hydroxylase system of Gordonia sp. strain SoCg in degradation of solid n-alkanes.	Lo Piccolo L, De Pasquale C, Fodale R, Puglia AM, Quatrini P.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02180-10	2011
	Rubredoxins involved in alkane oxidation.	van Beilen JB, Neuenschwander M, Smits TH, Roth C, Balada SB, Witholt B.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.184.6.1722-1732.2002	2002
	Analysis of genes for succinoyl trehalose lipid production and increasing production in Rhodococcus sp. strain SD-74.	Inaba T, Tokumoto Y, Miyazaki Y, Inoue N, Maseda H, Nakajima-Kambe T, Uchiyama H, Nomura N.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.01664-13	2013
	Soil bioremediation approaches for petroleum hydrocarbon polluted environments.	Koshlaf E, Ball AS.	AIMS Microbiol	10.3934/microbiol.2017.1.25	2017
Metabolism	Analyses of both the alkB gene transcriptional start site and alkB promoter-inducing properties of Rhodococcus sp. strain BCP1 grown on n-alkanes.	Cappelletti M, Fedi S, Frascari D, Ohtake H, Turner RJ, Zannoni D.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.01987-10	2011
Phylogeny	Diversity of Metabolically Active Bacteria in Water-Flooded High-Temperature Heavy Oil Reservoir.	Nazina TN, Shestakova NM, Semenova EM, Korshunova AV, Kostrukova NK, Tourova TP, Min L, Feng Q, Poltaraus AB.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2017.00707	2017
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
Enzymology	[AlkB homologues in thermophilic bacteria of the genus Geobacillus].	Turova TP, Nazina TN, Mikhailova EM, Rodionova TA, Ekimov AN, Mashukova AV, Poltaraus AB	Mol Biol (Mosk)		2008
Metabolism	Identification of alkane hydroxylase genes in Rhodococcus sp. strain TMP2 that degrades a branched alkane.	Takei D, Washio K, Morikawa M	Biotechnol Lett	10.1007/s10529-008-9710-9	2008

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 )
#39542	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 106505
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68382	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 .
#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 106505, NRRL B-16531, ATCC 15960)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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