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Gordonia
Actinobacteria
Actinobacteria
Corynebacteriales
Published Online: 14 SEP 2015
DOI: 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00030
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Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
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Goodfellow, M., Kumar, Y. and Maldonado, L. A. 2015. Gordonia. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. 1–29.
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Abstract
Gor.do'ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Gordonia named after Ruth E. Gordon, a celebrated bacterial systematist.
Actinobacteria / Actinobacteria / Corynebacteriales / Nocardiaceae / Gordonia
Aerobic, Gram-stain-positive to Gram-stain-variable, nonspore-forming actinomycetes that are usually partially acid–alcoholfast. Nonmotile, short rods and cocci (0.5–1.0 × 1.0–2.5 µm) occur singly, in pairs, in V-shaped arrangements, or as short chains. Elementary branched hyphae which fragment into rod- and coccoid-like elements are formed by some species. Colonial appearance ranges from convex, shiny and smooth to rough, matt and folded with irregular margins. Colonies may be cream, beige, light yellow, or tan through to apricot, orange, pink, or red. Chemo-organotrophic with an oxidative type of metabolism. Mycobactins are formed. Catalase-positive, arylsulfatase-negative, and sensitive to lysozyme. Most strains grow well between 20 and 37°C.
DNA G+C content (mol%): 63–69 (HPLC, Tm).
Type species: Gordonia bronchialis (Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt, Smida and Collins 1988, 345VP.
Keywords:
- Gordonia;
- Gordonia bronchialis;
- Nocardiaceae
