NBIMCC 1359
BACTERIA

LPSN

Type strain

Name

Rhodococcus rhodochrous (Zopf 1891) Tsukamura 1974

Strain designation

Gray 0-3

Other collections no.
or WDCM no.

ATCC 4273, IMET 7018, CBS 197.57, CCM 3245, DSM 43269, NCIMB 9259, CIP 104623, NBRC 3338, JCM 3010, CECT 3046, LMG 4077

Access in situ

Country of origin:

Unknown

Date of sampling:

Before 1988

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions:

There are No known restrictions

History

NBIMCC, 1988 < IMET (incorporated with DSMZ)

Cultivation

Medium(a):

459

Temperature (oC):

30

Incubation time:

7 days

Atmospheric needs:

aerobic

Biosafety level

Risk group 1

Application and
specific properties

Production of 3-keto-delta-1,4 steroids

Production of restriction endonuclease Rrh4273I

Isolation and propagation of phage

Teaching strain

References

Mordarska, H. et al., 1972. J. Gen. Microbiol., 71, 77

Goodfellow, M., G. Alderson, 1977. J. Gen. Microbiol., 99-122

Yebra, M. J. et al., 1991. J. Gen. Microbiol., 137, 1279-1284



Photo(s)

Organic Medium for Nocardia (NBIMCC Medium 459), 30oC, 7 days