Gordonia westfalica

Gordonia westfalica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Gordoniaceae
Genus:	Gordonia
Species:	G. westfalica
Binomial name
Gordonia westfalica Linos et al. 2002

Gordonia westfalica is a rubber-degrading actinomycete bacterium. It is aerobic and Gram-positive, with type strain Kb2^T (=DSM 44215^T NRRL B-24152^T).[1]

References

1. 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

• 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

• "Gordonia westfalica". The Encyclopedia of Life.
• LPSN
• Type strain of Gordonia westfalica at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase