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Rhodococcus  erythropolis NBRC 100887
Section: 1 No: 37
Lineage: Actinobacteria, Actinobacteria, Actinobacteridae, Actinomycetales, Corynebacterineae, Nocardiaceae
Contributor: T. Tamura

This strain, PR4, isolated from the bottom in 1000 meters of South Pacific Ocean, is able to decompose and utilize linear alkane, branched alkane and alkyl benzene.

References:
Gray, P.H.H. & Thornton, H.G.: Soil bacteria that decompose certain aromatic compounds. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II, 1928, 73, 74-96
Goodfellow, M. & Alderson, G.: The actinomycete genus Rhodococcus: a home for the rhodochrous complex. J. Gen. Microbiol., 1977, 100, 99-122

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