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Species Gordonia hydrophobica
Name: Gordonia hydrophobica corrig. Bendinger et al. 1995
Etymology: hy.dro.pho’bi.ca. Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water; Gr. masc. n. phobos, fear, dread; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. hydrophobica, water avoiding, hydrophobic
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … hy-dro-PHO-bi-ka, feminine
Type strain: 1610/1b; ATCC 700089; CCUG 38497; CIP 104672; DSM 44015; IFO 16057; JCM 10086; NBRC 16057
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X87340
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Bendinger B, Rainey FA, Kroppenstedt RM, Moormann M, Klatte S. Gordona hydrophobica sp. nov., isolated from biofilters for waste gas treatment. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:544-548. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:881.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Gordona hydrophobica Bendinger et al. 1995 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Emendations:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 = 1. — 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 11 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
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🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:485; Gordona hydrophobica (sic).
Publication:
Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491. 🇩🇪
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🧍 The original spelling, Gordona (sic) has been corrected by Rainey, Ward-Rainey, and Stackebrandt 1997 in Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Publication:
Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491. 🇩🇪
Parent taxon: Gordonia corrig. (ex Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989
Assigned by:
Bendinger B, Rainey FA, Kroppenstedt RM, Moormann M, Klatte S. Gordona hydrophobica sp. nov., isolated from biofilters for waste gas treatment. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:544-548. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 776588
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