Gordonia (bacterium)
Gordonia is a genus of gram-positive, aerobic, catalase-positive bacterium in the Actinomycetota,[1] closely related to the Rhodococcus, Mycobacterium, and Nocardia genera.[2] It is from the same lineage that includes Mycobacterium tuberculosis.[2] The genus was discovered by Tsukamura in 1971 and named after American bacteriologist Ruth Gordon.. Many species are often found in the soil[1] and are rarely known to cause infections in humans.[3] Some investigations have found that 28 °C is the ideal temperature for the growth of Gordonia bacteria.[1] Some species of Gordonia, such as Gordonia rubripertincta, produce colonies that have a bright orange or orange-red color.[1]
Gordonia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Mycobacteriales |
Family: | Gordoniaceae |
Genus: | Gordonia (ex Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989 |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Some strains of Gordonia have recently garnered interest in the biotechnology industry due to their ability to degrade environmental pollutants.[4]
Species
Gordonia comprises the following species:[5]
- 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
- Andalibi, Fatemeh; Fatahi-Bafghi, Mehdi (2017-05-01). "Gordonia: isolation and identification in clinical samples and role in biotechnology". Folia Microbiologica. 62 (3): 245–252. doi:10.1007/s12223-017-0491-1. ISSN 1874-9356. PMID 28105601. S2CID 43621276.
- Arenskotter, M.; Broker, D.; Steinbuchel, A. (2004). "Biology of the Metabolically Diverse Genus Gordonia". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70 (6): 3195–3204. Bibcode:2004ApEnM..70.3195A. doi:10.1128/AEM.70.6.3195-3204.2004. PMC 427784. PMID 15184112.
- Ramanan, Poornima; Deziel, Paul J.; Wengenack, Nancy L. (October 2013). "Gordonia Bacteremia". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 51 (10): 3443–3447. doi:10.1128/JCM.01449-13. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 3811652. PMID 23884999.
- Drzyzga, Oliver (2012-11-01). "The strengths and weaknesses of Gordonia: A review of an emerging genus with increasing biotechnological potential". Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 38 (4): 300–316. doi:10.3109/1040841X.2012.668134. ISSN 1040-841X. PMID 22551505. S2CID 29015627.
- Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Gordonia". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 23, 2022.