Name: Gordonia cholesterolivorans Drzyzga et al. 2009
Etymology: cho.les’te.ro.li.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. cholesterol, cholesterol; L. pres. part. vorans, eating, devouring; N.L. part. adj. cholesterolivorans, cholesterol-devouring
Type strain: CECT 7408; Chol-3; DSM 45229; JCM 16227
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16S rRNA gene: EU244645 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Drzyzga O, Navarro Llorens JM, Fernandez de Las Heras L, Garcia Fernandez E, Perera J. Gordonia cholesterolivorans sp. nov., a cholesterol-degrading actinomycete isolated from sewage sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1011-1015.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Gordonia corrig. (ex Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989
Assigned by: Drzyzga O, Navarro Llorens JM, Fernandez de Las Heras L, Garcia Fernandez E, Perera J. Gordonia cholesterolivorans sp. nov., a cholesterol-degrading actinomycete isolated from sewage sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1011-1015.
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Record number: 787851