Rhodococcus opacus 1b is an obligate aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from soil

Name and taxonomic classification: 

Last LPSN update: 09-12-2024 (DD-MM-YYYY) 

Domain: Bacteria

Phylum: Actinomycetota

Class: Actinomycetes

Order: Mycobacteriales

Family: Nocardiaceae

Genus: Rhodococcus

Species: Rhodococcus opacus

Full Scientific Name (LPSN): Rhodococcus opacus Klatte et al. 1995

Synonym: Rhodococcus percolatus

Rhodococcus imtechensis

Culture medium:

TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)

GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)

MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar

MEDIUM 29- Brain heart agar

CIP Medium 3

Temperature:

Growth 28 °C 

Growth 30 °C 

Growth 10-37 °C 

No Growth 41 °C

No Growth 45 °C 

Oxygen tolerance:

obligate aerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information:

Sample type/isolated from: soil

Sample type/isolated from: Soil from the surroundings of a defective town gas pipe

Culture collection no.: DSM 43205, ATCC 51881, CIP 104549, DSM 427, JCM 9703, CGMCC 4.1820, IFO 16217, KCTC 9811, LMG 18000, NBRC 100624, NBRC 16217, NCIMB 10810, NCIMB 13353