Name: Gordona hirsuta Klatte et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Pronunciation, gender: hir-SU-ta, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700255; CCUG 38498; CIP 105097; DSM 44140; IFO 16056; JCM 10105; K718a; NBRC 16056

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16S rRNA gene: X93485 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Klatte S, Kroppenstedt RM, Schumann P, Altendorf K, Rainey FA. Gordona hirsuta sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:876-880. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Gordonia hirsuta corrig. Klatte et al. 1996

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gordonia hirsuta corrig. Klatte et al. 1996	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Gordonia hirsuta corrig. Klatte et al. 1996, which has a risk group (Swiss Confederation) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:485. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Gordona (ex Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989

Assigned by: Klatte S, Kroppenstedt RM, Schumann P, Altendorf K, Rainey FA. Gordona hirsuta sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:876-880. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 783920