Species ***Gordonia* *alkanivorans***

Name: Gordonia alkanivorans Kummer et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.ni’vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. alkanum, saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon; L. inf. v. vorare, to eat; N.L. fem. part. adj. alkanivorans, alkane-devouring

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gor-DO-ni-a al-ka-NI-wo-rans, feminine

Type strain: CIP 106363; DSM 44369; HKI 136; IFO 16433; JCM 10677; NBRC 16433

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y18054 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kummer C, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E. Gordonia alkanivorans sp. nov., isolated from tar-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1513-1522. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Gordonia nitida Yoon et al. 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Arenskötter et al. (2005), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Gordonia nitida Yoon et al. 2000. Publication: Arenskotter M, Linos A, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Steinbuchel A. Gordonia nitida Yoon et al. 2000 is a later synonym of Gordonia alkanivorans Kummer et al. 1999. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:695-697. 🇩🇪
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 60 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Kummer C, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E. Gordonia alkanivorans sp. nov., isolated from tar-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1513-1522. 🇩🇪

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Species Gordonia alkanivorans

Species ***Gordonia* *alkanivorans***