Name: Gordona terrae (Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Gordona terrae" Tsukamura 1971

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 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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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X79286 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stackebrandt E, Smida J, Collins MD. Evidence of phylogenetic heterogeneity within the genus Rhodococcus: revival of the genus Gordona (Tsukamura). J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 34:341-348.

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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodococcus terrae (Tsukamura 1971) Tsukamura 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Gordona terrae" Tsukamura 1971	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Gordonia terrae corrig. (Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989	corrected spelling of name, 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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: Stackebrandt E, Smida J, Collins MD. Evidence of phylogenetic heterogeneity within the genus Rhodococcus: revival of the genus Gordona (Tsukamura). J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 34:341-348.

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