Gordonia terrae (DSM 43975, CIP 104656, IMET 7429)

Name: Gordonia terrae (DSM 43975, CIP 104656, IMET 7429)
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BacDive ID 10557

Type strain

Strain Designation 3607 (70003), N 890, N890 (R230), N 890 (R 230)

Culture col. no. DSM 43975 CIP 104656 IMET 7429 Tsukamura 3607 Tsukamura 70003 4 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 2055

Special Collections DSMZ CIP

History <- M. Goodfellow, N890 (R230) <- M. Tsukamura, 3607 (70003) CIP <- 1995, DSM <- M. Goodfellow: strain N 890 (R 230) <- M. Tsukamura: strain 3607 (70003), Rhodococcus terrae

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Gordonia terrae 3607 is an obligate aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from soil.

Gram-positive rod-shaped obligate aerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 50471

CIP 104656,DSM 43975,IMET 7429

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:17

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Gordoniaceae

Genus Gordonia

Species Gordonia terrae

Full scientific name Gordonia terrae corrig. (Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989

Synonyms (3)

Gordona terrae
Rhodococcus terrae
"Gordona terrae"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Gordonia terrae** (18)	Type strain
10548	G. terrae 3612, DSM 43249, ATCC 25594, NCTC 10669, ... (type strain)
10549	G. terrae 3613, N662, T6, DSM 43342, CIP 104631, CCUG ...
10550	G. terrae DSM 43568, SN 5302
10551	G. terrae DSM 43569, SN 5303
10552	G. terrae N 800, DSM 43964
10553	G. terrae N 803, DSM 43965
10554	G. terrae N 805, DSM 43966
10555	G. terrae N 807, DSM 43967
10556	G. terrae N 809, DSM 43968
10558	G. terrae 3603, DSM 46040, IMET 7427, Tsukamura 3603, ...
138110	G. terrae W 5381, CIP 104939
138132	G. terrae 5382, CIP 104940
142384	G. terrae CCUG 12164
149492	G. terrae CCUG 37835
150144	G. terrae CCUG 39088
151623	G. terrae CCUG 44473
153882	G. terrae CCUG 51493
156420	G. terrae CCUG 61661

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
123456	positive	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
11311	GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65) Composition: Agar 18.0 g/l Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l CaCO3 2.0 g/l Distilled water
39072	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
123456	CIP Medium 3	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
11311	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
39072	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
123456	positive	growth	10-41
123456	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

123456

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
123456	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	carbon source
123456	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
123456	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
123456	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
123456	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
123456	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
123456	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
123456	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
123456	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
123456	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
123456	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
123456	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
123456	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
123456	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
123456	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
123456	gelatinase	-
123456	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
123456	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	+		from API zym
123456	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
123456	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
123456	oxidase	-
123456	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
123456	tryptophan deaminase	-
123456	tween esterase	-
123456	urease	+	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
123456	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
123456	not determinedn.d.	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Isolation date
11311	soil
123456	Environment, Soil	1979

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11311	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
123456	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#11311	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 43975
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#39072	; Curators of the CIP;
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#123456	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104656
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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