Rhodococcus opacus (CIP 110889, CCMM B1295, GK 3)

Name: Rhodococcus opacus (CIP 110889, CCMM B1295, GK 3)
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BacDive ID 173346

Type strain

Strain Designation GK 3, GK3

Culture col. no. CIP 110889 CCMM B1295 GK 3 GK3

NCBI tax ID(s) 37919

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 2015, J. Kreit, Mohammed V Univ., Rabat, Morocco: strain GK3

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Rhodococcus opacus GK 3 is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from Environment, Polluted soil, fuel and organic waste.

Gram-positive rod-shaped Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 413978

CIP 110889

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:41:52

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Nocardiaceae

Genus Rhodococcus

Species Rhodococcus opacus

Full scientific name Rhodococcus opacus Klatte et al. 1995

Synonyms (2)

Rhodococcus percolatus
Rhodococcus imtechensis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Rhodococcus opacus** (29)	Type strain
10998	R. opacus 1b, 18, DSM 43205, ATCC 51881, CIP 104549, ... (type strain)
10996	R. opacus DSM 1069
10997	R. opacus C125, DSM 8531
10999	R. opacus DSM 43206, ATCC 21499, DSM 441, CIP 104550, ...
11000	R. opacus DSM 43250, ATCC 51882
11001	R. opacus DSM 43251
11002	R. opacus Pellegrino 327, DSM 43252, CIP 104626
11003	R. opacus S676, 225, DSM 43280, ATCC 4275, IMET 7025, ...
11004	R. opacus 691-19, DSM 43943, IMET 7363
11005	R. opacus DSM 44072, CBS 330.61
11006	R. opacus DSM 44236
11007	R. opacus MoAcy1, DSM 44186
11008	R. opacus Tue Acy 1, DSM 44188
11010	R. opacus 305-97, L2aT3, PWD5, DSM 44304
11011	R. opacus 307-97, PWD7, S2aT5, S₂aT5, DSM ...
11012	R. opacus 310-97, L1aT1, PWD10, DSM 44307
11013	R. opacus GW-86a, DSM 44311
11014	R. opacus Bie-17, DSM 44312
11015	R. opacus 304-97, H1aT2, PWD4, DSM 44313
11016	R. opacus 315-97, PWD15, S1aT1, DSM 44314
11017	R. opacus 97-319, H3aT3, PWD19, DSM 44315
11018	R. opacus ISO-5, DSM 44600
11019	R. opacus ROL1, DSM 44853
11020	R. opacus ROL2, DSM 44854
11021	R. opacus R1L6, DSM 44855
11022	R. opacus DSM 46027, IMET 7365, NCIB 9702
103557	R. opacus ST033313(HKI),
136650	R. opacus R7, CIP 107348
160415	R. opacus 1CP, DSM 46757, VKM Ac-2638

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
121425	positive	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link
121425	CIP Medium 29		Medium recipe at CIP

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
121425	Environment, Polluted soil, fuel and organic waste	Nancy	France	FRA	Europe	1984-02-01

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
121425	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 )
#121425	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 110889
#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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