Kocuria rhizophila (DSM 30763, ES-145)

Name: Kocuria rhizophila (DSM 30763, ES-145)
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BacDive ID 7649

Type strain

Strain Designation ES-145

Culture col. no. DSM 30763 ES-145

NCBI tax ID(s) 72000

Special Collections DSMZ ESA

History DSMZ <- European Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands; ES-145 <- C. Moissl-Eichinger, Univ. Regensburg, Germany

Links

Kocuria rhizophila ES-145 is a bacterium that was isolated from spacecraft-associated clean room class ISO 8, Herschel Space Observatory.

16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 406405

DSM 30763

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:42

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Micrococcales

Family Micrococcaceae

Genus Kocuria

Species Kocuria rhizophila

Full scientific name Kocuria rhizophila Kovács et al. 1999

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Kocuria rhizophila** (13)	Type strain
7647	K. rhizophila TA68, DSM 11926, CCM 4950, IFO 16319, NBRC ... (type strain)
7646	K. rhizophila DSM 348, ATCC 9341, PCI 1001, JCM 20050, ...
7648	K. rhizophila DSM 46222, ATCC 9341a, IMET 10748, NCIB 9660, ...
130424	K. rhizophila G2, DSM 31022
134482	K. rhizophila CIP 106519, ATCC 15957, CCRC 11055, CCTM ...
154534	K. rhizophila CCUG 54274
157393	K. rhizophila IMI 501153
159387	K. rhizophila T_C4, DSM 110319
159388	K. rhizophila T_C5, DSM 110320
159389	K. rhizophila T_C7, DSM 110322
159390	K. rhizophila S23/2, DSM 110885
159391	K. rhizophila TO-T1, DSM 110960
169443	K. rhizophila TURIN101221_C9b1, DSM 113549

Morphology

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Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
17122	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
17122	positive	growth	28

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Built environment	#Clean room

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
17122	spacecraft-associated clean room class ISO 8, Herschel Space Observatory	Noordwijk, European Space Research and Technology Centre	Netherlands	NLD	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence EU934094 (>99% sequence identity) for Kocuria from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	947
Soil Samples	468
Animal Samples	9694
Plant Samples	153
Total Samples	11262

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
17122	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
17122	Kocuria rhizophila strain ES_145con 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	EU934094	1296		72000

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#17122	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 30763
#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 )
#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 .
#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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