Name: Gordonia namibiensis Brandão et al. 2002
Etymology: na.mi.bien’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. namibiensis, referring to Namibia, the country of origin of the soil sample from which the strains were recovered
Type strain: DSM 44568; JCM 12074; NAM-BN063A; NCIMB 13780; NCIMB 13800
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16S rRNA gene: AF380930 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Brandao PF, Maldonado LA, Ward AC, Bull AT, Goodfellow M. Gordonia namibiensis sp. nov., a novel nitrile metabolising actinomycete recovered from an African sand. Syst Appl Microbiol 2001; 24:510-515.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Gordonia corrig. (ex Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989
Assigned by: Brandao PF, Maldonado LA, Ward AC, Bull AT, Goodfellow M. Gordonia namibiensis sp. nov., a novel nitrile metabolising actinomycete recovered from an African sand. Syst Appl Microbiol 2001; 24:510-515.
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Record number: 776592