Gordonia westfalica
| Gordonia westfalica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Gordoniaceae |
| Genus: | Gordonia |
| Species: | G. westfalica
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| Binomial name | |
| Gordonia westfalica Linos et al. 2002
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Gordonia westfalica is a rubber-degrading actinomycete bacterium. It is aerobic and Gram-positive, with type strain Kb2T (=DSM 44215T NRRL B-24152T).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Linos, A. (2002). "Gordonia westfalica sp. nov., a novel rubber-degrading actinomycete". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (4): 1133–1139. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02107-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
Further reading
[edit]- Broker, D.; Arenskotter, M.; Legatzki, A.; Nies, D. H.; Steinbuchel, A. (2003). "Characterization of the 101-Kilobase-Pair Megaplasmid pKB1, Isolated from the Rubber-Degrading Bacterium Gordonia westfalica Kb1". Journal of Bacteriology. 186 (1): 212–225. doi:10.1128/JB.186.1.212-225.2004. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 303448. PMID 14679241.
- Bröker D, Arenskötter M, Steinbüchel A (2008). "Transfer of megaplasmid pKB1 from the rubber-degrading bacterium Gordonia westfalica strain Kb1 to related bacteria and its modification". Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 77 (6): 1317–27. doi:10.1007/s00253-007-1262-8. PMID 18034340. S2CID 25256459.
External links
[edit]- "Gordonia westfalica". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- LPSN
- Type strain of Gordonia westfalica at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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