Name: Gordonia polyisoprenivorans Linos et al. 1999
Etymology: po.ly.i.so.pre.ni’vo.rans. N.L. part. adj. polyisoprenivorans, polyisoprene eating, referring to the ability to degrade polyisoprene
Type strain: ATCC BAA-14; CIP 106350; DSM 44302; IFO 16320; JCM 10675; Kd2; NBRC 16320
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16S rRNA gene: Y18310 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Linos A, Steinbuchel A, Sproer C, Kroppenstedt RM. Gordonia polyisoprenivorans sp. nov., a rubber-degrading actinomycete isolated from an automobile tyre. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1785-1791.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Gordonia corrig. (ex Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989
Assigned by: Linos A, Steinbuchel A, Sproer C, Kroppenstedt RM. Gordonia polyisoprenivorans sp. nov., a rubber-degrading actinomycete isolated from an automobile tyre. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1785-1791.
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Record number: 776596