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Rhodococcus jostii: a home for Rhodococcus strain RHA1

Author(s) -

Amanda Jones,

Julian Davies,

Masao Fukuda,

Roselyn Brown,

Jesmine Lim,

Michael Goodfellow

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

antonie van leeuwenhoek

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024

H-Index - 107

eISSN - 1572-9699

pISSN - 0003-6072

DOI - 10.1007/s10482-013-9958-5

Subject(s) - rhodococcus , rhodococcus equi , strain (injury) , biology , 16s ribosomal rna , microbiology and biotechnology , genomic dna , bacteria , dna , genetics , gene , anatomy , virulence

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.

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