General

@ref: 11664

BacDive-ID: 11016

DSM-Number: 44314

keywords: mesophilic

description: Rhodococcus opacus 315-97 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from soil with toluene as the sole C-source.

NCBI tax id

• NCBI tax id: 37919
• Matching level: species

strain history

• @ref: 11664
• history: <- RIVM, PWD15 (S1aT1)

doi: 10.13145/bacdive11016.20251217.10

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

• @ref: 20215
• description: kingdom/bacillati
• keyword: phylum/actinomycetota
• phylum: Actinomycetota
• class: Actinomycetes
• order: Mycobacteriales
• family: Nocardiaceae
• genus: Rhodococcus
• species: Rhodococcus opacus
• full scientific name: Rhodococcus opacus Klatte et al. 1995

• synonyms

  @ref	synonym
  20215	Rhodococcus percolatus
  20215	Rhodococcus imtechensis

@ref: 11664

domain: Bacteria

phylum: Actinobacteria

class: Actinobacteria

order: Actinomycetales

family: Nocardiaceae

genus: Rhodococcus

species: Rhodococcus opacus

full scientific name: Rhodococcus opacus Klatte et al. 1995

strain designation: 315-97, PWD15, S1aT1

type strain: no

Culture and growth conditions

culture medium

• @ref: 11664
• name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)
• growth: yes
• link: https://mediadive.dsmz.de/medium/535
• composition: Name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water

culture temp

• @ref: 11664
• growth: positive
• type: growth
• temperature: 28

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

isolation

• @ref: 11664
• sample type: soil with toluene as the sole C-source
• country: Netherlands
• origin.country: NLD
• continent: Europe

isolation source categories

• Cat1: #Environmental
• Cat2: #Terrestrial
• Cat3: #Soil

Interaction and safety

risk assessment

• @ref: 11664
• biosafety level: 1
• biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)

Literature

@ref: 11664

culture collection no.: DSM 44314

straininfo link

• @ref: 126262
• straininfo: 50564

Reference