''Gordonia'' is a genus of gram-positive, aerobic, catalase-positive

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, closely related to the ''

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'' genera. It is from the same lineage that includes ''

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''. The genus was discovered by Tsukamura in 1971 and named after American bacteriologist Ruth Gordon.. Many species are often found in the soil and are rarely known to cause infections in humans. Some investigations have found that 28 °C is the ideal temperature for the growth of ''Gordonia'' bacteria. Some species of ''Gordonia'', such as ''Gordonia rubripertincta'', produce colonies that have a bright orange or orange-red color. Some strains of ''Gordonia'' have recently garnered interest in the biotechnology industry due to their ability to degrade environmental pollutants.

Species

''Gordonia'' comprises the following species: * '' G. aichiensis'' corrig. (Tsukamura 1983) Klatte et al. 1994 * '' G. alkaliphila'' Cha and Cha 2013 * '' G. alkanivorans'' Kummer et al. 1999 * '' G. amarae'' corrig. (Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974) Klatte et al. 1994 * '' G. amicalis'' Kim et al. 2000 * '' G. araii'' Kageyama et al. 2006 * '' G. asplenii'' Suriyachadkun et al. 2021 * "'' G. australis''" Schneider et al. 2008 * '' G. bronchialis'' corrig. (Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989 * '' G. caeni'' Srinivasan et al. 2012 * '' G. cholesterolivorans'' Drzyzga et al. 2009 * '' G. crocea'' Tamura et al. 2020 * '' G. defluvii'' Soddell et al. 2006 * '' G. desulfuricans'' Kim et al. 1999 * '' G. didemni'' de Menezes et al. 2016 * '' G. effusa'' Kageyama et al. 2006 * '' G. hankookensis'' Park et al. 2009 * '' G. hirsuta'' corrig. Klatte et al. 1996 * '' G. hongkongensis'' Tsang et al. 2016 * '' G. humi'' Kämpfer et al. 2011 * '' G. hydrophobica'' corrig. Bendinger et al. 1995 * '' G. insulae'' Kim et al. 2020 * '' G. iterans'' Kang et al. 2014 * "'' G. jacobaea''" De Miguel et al. 2000 * '' G. jinghuaiqii'' Zhang et al. 2021 * '' G. jinhuaensis'' Li et al. 2014 * '' G. lacunae'' Le Roes et al. 2009 * '' G. malaquae'' Yassin et al. 2007 * '' G. mangrovi'' Xie et al. 2020 * '' G. namibiensis'' Brandão et al. 2002 * '' G. neofelifaecis'' Liu et al. 2011 * '' G. oryzae'' Muangham et al. 2019 * '' G. otitidis'' Iida et al. 2005 * '' G. paraffinivorans'' Xue et al. 2003 * '' G. phosphorivorans'' Kämpfer et al. 2013 * '' G. phthalatica'' Jin et al. 2017 * '' G. polyisoprenivorans'' Linos et al. 1999 * "'' G. pseudoamarae''" Batinovic et al. 2021 * '' G. rhizosphera'' Takeuchi and Hatano 1998 * '' G. rubripertincta'' corrig. (Hefferan 1904) Stackebrandt et al. 1989 * '' G. sediminis'' Sangkanu et al. 2019 * '' G. shandongensis'' Luo et al. 2007 * '' G. sihwensis'' Kim et al. 2003 * '' G. sinesedis'' Maldonado et al. 2003 * '' G. soli'' Shen et al. 2006 * '' G. spumicola'' Tamura et al. 2020 * '' G. sputi'' corrig. (Tsukamura and Yano 1985) Stackebrandt et al. 1989 * '' G. terrae'' corrig. (Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989 * "'' G. terrea''" Stobdan et al. 2008 * '' G. westfalica'' Linos et al. 2002 * '' G. zhaorongruii'' Zhang et al. 2021

References

External links

''Gordonia'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Mycobacteriales Bacteria genera {{actinobacteria-stub

Species

See also

References

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