Name: "Gordonia ligustrum" Li et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.gus’trum. L. neut. n. ligustrum, of Ligustrum, referring to the botanical genus name of Ligustrum lucidum, from the rhizosphere of which the strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … li-GUS-trum, feminine

Nomenclatural type: CPCC 205515; I21A- 00135; KCTC 59069

16S rRNA gene: PP657644 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Li CJ, Zhang J, Su J, Yu LY, Chen HH, Zhang YQ. Genomic insights into Gordonia diversity: proposal of three novel species (Gordonia. altitudinis sp. nov., Gordonia. ligustrum sp. nov., and Gordonia. pistacia sp. nov.) with distinct environmental and biomedical traits. BMC Microbiol 2025; 25:692. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Li CJ, Zhang J, Su J, Yu LY, Chen HH, Zhang YQ. Genomic insights into Gordonia diversity: proposal of three novel species (Gordonia. altitudinis sp. nov., Gordonia. ligustrum sp. nov., and Gordonia. pistacia sp. nov.) with distinct environmental and biomedical traits. BMC Microbiol 2025; 25:692. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 68235
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