TABLE 1.

Overview of described Gordonia species and their relevant characteristics

Type strain	Characteristic or source	Reference for type strain
G. aichiensis DSM 43978T	Clinical isolate from sputum	93
G. alkanivorans DSM 44369T	Alkane-degrading bacterium	55
G. amarae DSM 43392T	Foam-forming bacterium	59
G. amicalis DSM 44461T	Dibenzothiophene-desulfurizing bacterium	49
G. bronchialis DSM 43247T	Isolated from sputum of a woman with cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis	91
G. desulfuricans DSM 44462T	Benzothiophene-desulfurizing bacterium	48
G. hirsuta DSM 44140T	Isolated from a biofilter of an animal-rendering plant	51
G. hydrophobica DSM 44015T	Isolated from a biofilter of an animal-rendering plant	7
G. jacobaea MV-1a	Canthaxanthin-containing bacterium	22
G. namibiensis DSM 44568T	Nitrile-metabolizing bacterium	11
G. nitida DSM 44499T	3-Ethyl- and 3-methylpyridine-degrading bacterium	95
G. paraffinivorans DSM 44604T	Hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium	94
G. polyisoprenivorans DSM 44302T	cis-1,4-Polyisoprene-degrading bacterium	62
G. rhizosphera DSM 44383T	Isolated from mangrove rhizosphere	89
G. rubripertincta DSM 43197T	Mycobactin-producing bacterium	91
G. sihwensis DSM 44576T	Nitrate-reducing bacterium	47
G. sinesedis DSM 44455T	Isolated from soil	28, 66
G. spumae T4a	Isolated from activated sludge foam	Sukhoom et al., unpublished data
G. sputi DSM 43896T	Isolated from sputum of a patient with pulmonary disease	92
G. terrae DSM 43249T	Isolated from soil	91
G. westfalica DSM 44215T	cis-1,4-Polyisoprene-degrading bacterium	64

^aNot a validly described species.