''Gordonia polyisoprenivorans'' is a
rubber
Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Thailand, Malaysia, and ...
-degrading
actinomycete
The Actinomycetales is an order of Actinomycetota. A member of the order is often called an actinomycete. Actinomycetales are generally gram-positive and anaerobic and have mycelia in a filamentous and branching growth pattern. Some actinomycete ...
first isolated from an automobile tyre.
References
Further reading
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External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Gordonia polyisoprenivorans'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Mycobacteriales
Bacteria described in 1999
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