Rhodococcus jostii: a home for Rhodococcus strain RHA1

Amanda Jones; Julian Davies; Masao Fukuda; Roselyn Brown; Jesmine Lim; Michael Goodfellow

doi:10.1007/s10482-013-9958-5

Rhodococcus jostii: a home for Rhodococcus strain RHA1

Amanda Jones, Julian Davies, Masao Fukuda, Roselyn Brown, Jesmine Lim, Michael Goodfellow

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The taxonomic position of Rhodococcus strain RHA1, an effective degrader of polychlorinated biphenyls with a large linear chromosome, was established using a polyphasic approach. The morphological and chemotaxonomic properties of the strain were typical of members of the genus Rhodococcus. The strain shared a high level of 16S rRNA sequence similarity (99.9 %) with the type strain of Rhodococcus jostii, a member of the Rhodococcus erythropolis subclade. The two strains shared a DNA:DNA relatedness value well above the cut-off point recommended for the circumscription of genomic species and had a broad range of phenotypic properties in common. The combination of genomic and phenotypic data show strain RHA1 to be a bona fide member of the species Rhodococcus jostii.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	435-440
Journal	Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Volume	104
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-013-9958-5
Publication status	Published - Sep 2013

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