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Species Gordonia crocea

Name: Gordonia crocea Tamura et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: cro’ce.a. L. fem. adj. crocea, saffron-coloured, referring to the yellow colour of colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gor-DO-ni-a KRO-ke-a, feminine

Type strain: IFM 10881; NBRC 107697; TBRC 11240

16S rRNA gene: LC488830 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Tamura T, Saito S, Hamada M, Kang Y, Hoshino Y, Gonoi T, Mikami Y, Yaguchi T. Gordonia crocea sp. nov. and Gordonia spumicola sp. nov. isolated from sludge of a wastewater treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3718-3723. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4848-4850.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 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.

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

Assigned by: Tamura T, Saito S, Hamada M, Kang Y, Hoshino Y, Gonoi T, Mikami Y, Yaguchi T. Gordonia crocea sp. nov. and Gordonia spumicola sp. nov. isolated from sludge of a wastewater treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3718-3723. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 8303