Name: "Gordona bronchialis" Tsukamura 1971

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bron.chi.a’lis. Gr. fem. n. bronchia, the bronchial tubes; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc./fem. adj. bronchialis, pertaining to the bronchi, coming from the bronchi

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 25592; CCUG 20989; CCUG 34956; CIP 100847; DSM 43247; IFO 16047; JCM 3198; JCM 3231; LMG 5355; NBRC 16047; NCTC 10667; Tsukamura 3410; VKM Ac-956

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X79287 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Tsukamura M. Proposal of a new genus, Gordona, for slightly acid-fast organisms occurring in sputa of patients with pulmonary disease and in soil. J Gen Microbiol 1971; 68:15-26.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 30. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:371.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Gordonia bronchialis corrig. (Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gordona bronchialis (Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Gordonia bronchialis corrig. (Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodococcus bronchialis (Tsukamura 1971) Tsukamura 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Gordona" Tsukamura 1971. Publication: Tsukamura M. Proposal of a new genus, Gordona, for slightly acid-fast organisms occurring in sputa of patients with pulmonary disease and in soil. J Gen Microbiol 1971; 68:15-26.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2".

Parent taxon: "Gordona" Tsukamura 1971

Assigned by: Tsukamura M. Proposal of a new genus, Gordona, for slightly acid-fast organisms occurring in sputa of patients with pulmonary disease and in soil. J Gen Microbiol 1971; 68:15-26.

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Record number: 91