Species ***Gordonia* *desulfuricans***

Name: Gordonia desulfuricans Kim et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.sul.fu’ri.cans. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulphur (S); N.L. fem. part. adj. desulfuricans, reducing sulphur compounds

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gor-DO-ni-a de-sul-FU-ri-kans, feminine

Type strain: 213E; DSM 44462; JCM 11762; NBRC 100010; NCIMB 40816

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF101416 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim SB, Brown R, Oldfield C, Gilbert SC, Goodfellow M. Gordonia desulfuricans sp. nov., a benzothiophene-desulphurizing actinomycete. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1845-1851. 🇬🇧

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: 2

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 7 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 species itself.

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

Assigned by: Kim SB, Brown R, Oldfield C, Gilbert SC, Goodfellow M. Gordonia desulfuricans sp. nov., a benzothiophene-desulphurizing actinomycete. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1845-1851. 🇬🇧

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Species Gordonia desulfuricans

Species ***Gordonia* *desulfuricans***