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Species Gordonia hankookensis

Name: Gordonia hankookensis Park et al. 2009

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: han.koo.ken’sis. N.L. fem. adj. hankookensis, of or belonging to Hankook, the Korean name of South Korea from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gor-DO-ni-a han-koo-KEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 57507; DSM 45645; JCM 16947; KCTC 19599; ON-33

16S rRNA gene: FJ572038 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Park S, Kang SJ, Kim W, Yoon JH. Gordonia hankookensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3172-3175. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:473-474.

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 3 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: Park S, Kang SJ, Kim W, Yoon JH. Gordonia hankookensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3172-3175. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 788285