Kocuria rhizophila

PTCC No: 
1110
Other collection No. :: 
ATCC 9341, DSM 348, JCM 20050, LMG 8816, NCIB 8553, NCTC 8340, CIP 53, CCUG 12, CECT 241.45,
Culture condition: 
30°C, Aerobic
Information: 
<- ATCC <- FDA, PCI 1001 (deposited as Sarcina lutea). Isolated from soil. Until 2003 preserved as Micrococcus luteus. Used for assay of ampicillin, clindamycin, erythromycin, lincomycin, novobiocin, oleandomycin, penicillamine, penicillin, rifamycin and tylosin. Quality control strain. Produces L-sorbose and 6-aminopenicillanic acid. Used for assay of fungicide residues, food testing, media testing, membrane filter testing and sterility testing. Applied in assay of susceptibility chloramphenicol, doxycycline, hydramycin and tetracycline disc testing.
Literature: 

Taxonomy/description (J Bacteriol 1970, 103: 387-392; Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003, 53: 995-997). Assay of antibiotics (Microbial assay for antibiotics. Japanese Pharmacopoeia;JP JP14e.part I.34). Assay of erythromycin (U.S. Pharmacopeia General Chapters; <81> ANTIBIOTICS-MICROBIAL ASSAYS. Rockville, MD:U.S. Pharmacopeia; USP USP28-NF23, 2005; AOAC International Antibiotics in feeds, microbiological methods. Gaithersburg, MD:AOAC International; AOAC "Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International" 957.23). Assay of lincomycin,novobiocin, novobiocin and Tylosin (AOAC International Antibiotics in feeds, microbiological methods. Gaithersburg, MD:AOAC International; AOAC "Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International" 957.23). Assay of penicillamine ( U.S. Pharmacopeia USP Monographs: Penicillamine. Rockville, MD:U.S. Pharmacopeia; USP USP28-NF23, 2005). Assay of penicillin ( U.S. Food & Drug AdministrationInhibitory substances in milk, Sarcina lutea cylinder plate methodIn: U.S. Food & Drug Administration Bacteriological analytical manual8th ed.Gaithersburg, MDAOAC Internationalpp. 20.01-20.04, 1995). Assay of rifamycin (British Pharmacopoeia Commission Biological assay of antibiotics. London, UK:British Pharmacopoeia Commission; British Pharmacopoeia Appendix XIV A, 2003; European Pharmacopoeia Commission Microbiological assay of antibiotics. Strasbourg, France:European Pharmacopoeia Commission; European Pharmacopoeia EP 2.7.2, 1997). Detection of inhibitory substance (Inhibitory Substance in Milk. Washington, DC:US Food & Drug Administration; Bacteriological Analytical Manual Online Chapt. 20A, 2001). Media testing (US Food & Drug Administration. GENERAL BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS STANDARDS; General Provisions; Sterility Code of Federal Regulations Title 21: 21CFR610.12, Subpart B, 2005). Application in in exhaust gas biofilters (Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 1987, 26:579-587). Production of 6-aminopenicillanic acid and L-sorbosone (US Patent 3,912,592 dated Oct 14 1975). Quality control strain in sterility testing (U.S. Pharmacopeia General Chapters: <71> STERILITY TESTS. Rockville, MD:U.S. Pharmacopeia; USP USP28-NF23, 2005;Sterility test, Growth promotion test. Tokyo, Japan:Japanese Pharmacopoeia; JP JP14e.part I.54). Detection of antibiotic residues in meat (Can J Comp Med 1975, 39:178-182; J Appl Bacteriol 1976, 41:129-135

Supplied as: 
Freeze-dried
Risk group: 
1