Name: "Gordona terrae" Tsukamura 1971

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of soil

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25594; CCUG 34959; CIP 104295; DSM 43249; JCM 3206; JCM 3229; LMG 5369; NBRC 100016; NCTC 10669; NRRL B-16283; VKM Ac-1023

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16S rRNA gene: X79286 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.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

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: 3931