Rhodococcus erythropolis (CIP 104647, IAM 1414, IFO 12539)

Name: Rhodococcus erythropolis (CIP 104647, IAM 1414, IFO 12539)
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BacDive ID 139251

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 104647 IAM 1414 IFO 12539 NBRC 12539 JCM 20158

NCBI tax ID(s) 1833

Special Collections JCM CIP

History IAM 1414 <-- H. Iizuka and K. Komagata Kp-6. CIP <- 1995, IFO <- 1967, IAM, Corynebacterium hydrocarboclastus

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Rhodococcus erythropolis CIP 104647 is an obligate aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from Soil in petroleum zone.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 62692

CIP 104647,IAM 1414,IFO 12539,CECT 5960,NBRC 12539,JCM 20158

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:33:18

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
138358	R. erythropolis CIP 106505, NRRL B-16531, ATCC 15960, JCM ...
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
41382	positive	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Composition	Medium link
41382	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar	Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
41382	CIP Medium 72		Medium recipe at CIP
41382	CIP Medium 3		Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
41382	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

41382

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
41382	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
41382	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
41382	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
41382	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
41382	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
41382	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
41382	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

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

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
41382	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
124043	Rhodococcus erythropolis gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: IAM 1414.	AB429549	1440		1833
124043	Rhodococcus erythropolis gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: IAM 1414.	AB478998	1440		1833

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
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

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 )
#41382	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104647
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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 104647, IAM 1414, IFO 12539)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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