Species Gordonia nitida

Name: Gordonia nitida Yoon et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni’ti.da. L. fem. adj. nitida, bright, shining, glossy, pertaining to the appearance of the colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gor-DO-ni-a NI-ti-da, feminine

Type strain: CECT 7017; CIP 106722; DSM 44499; JCM 11273; KCCM 80004; KCTC 0605BP; LE 31; NBRC 102012

16S rRNA gene: AF148947 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Lee JJ, Kang SS, Takeuchi M, Shin YK, Lee ST, Kang KH, Park YH. Gordonia nitida sp. nov., a bacterium that degrades 3-ethylpyridine and 3-methylpyridine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1203-1210. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Gordonia alkanivorans Kummer et al. 1999

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Gordonia alkanivorans Kummer et al. 1999	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Arenskötter et al. (2005), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Gordonia alkanivorans Kummer et al. 1999. Publication: Arenskotter M, Linos A, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Steinbuchel A. Gordonia nitida Yoon et al. 2000 is a later synonym of Gordonia alkanivorans Kummer et al. 1999. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:695-697. 🇩🇪
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- ❗ Gordonia nitida is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Gordonia.
- 😷 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 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 12 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 KCTC 605BP is a patent strain. — Lee J-S. Personal communication, 2023-05-24.

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

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Lee JJ, Kang SS, Takeuchi M, Shin YK, Lee ST, Kang KH, Park YH. Gordonia nitida sp. nov., a bacterium that degrades 3-ethylpyridine and 3-methylpyridine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1203-1210. 🇰🇷

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Species Gordonia nitida