Gordonia alkanivorans (DSM 44187, MoAcy 2)

Name: Gordonia alkanivorans (DSM 44187, MoAcy 2)
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BacDive ID 10584

Type strain

Strain Designation MoAcy 2

Culture col. no. DSM 44187 MoAcy 2

NCBI tax ID(s) 84096

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Gordonia alkanivorans MoAcy 2 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from garden soil near a parking lot.

mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 50515

DSM 44187

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:49:22

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Gordoniaceae

Genus Gordonia

Species Gordonia alkanivorans

Full scientific name Gordonia alkanivorans Kummer et al. 1999

Synonyms (1)

Gordonia nitida

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Gordonia alkanivorans** (6)	Type strain
10585	G. alkanivorans 2102-488, DSM 44369, IFO 16433, JCM 10677, ... (type strain)
10581	G. alkanivorans S564, DSM 777, IAM 1038
10582	G. alkanivorans Vera, DSM 2354
10583	G. alkanivorans 335, Schering 258, DSM 43290, ATCC 14346, ...
10586	G. alkanivorans DSM 44499, KCCM 80004, KCTC 0605BP, LE 31, ...
104719	G. alkanivorans ST033346(HKI),

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
11585	TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
11585	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Agriculture	#Garden
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
11585	garden soil near a parking lot	Tübingen	Germany	DEU	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AY995556 (>99% sequence identity) for Gordonia from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	238
Soil Samples	155
Animal Samples	301
Plant Samples	12
Total Samples	706

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11585	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Gordonia alkanivorans strain DSM 44187 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY995556	1486		84096

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	In silico genome analysis reveals the metabolic versatility and biotechnology potential of a halotorelant phthalic acid esters degrading Gordonia alkanivorans strain YC-RL2.	Nahurira R, Wang J, Yan Y, Jia Y, Fan S, Khokhar I, Eltoukhy A.	AMB Express	10.1186/s13568-019-0733-5	2019
	Detection of horizontal gene transfers from phylogenetic comparisons.	Pylro VS, Vespoli Lde S, Duarte GF, Yotoko KS.	Int J Evol Biol	10.1155/2012/813015	2012
Metabolism	Acetylenotrophy: a hidden but ubiquitous microbial metabolism?	Akob DM, Sutton JM, Fierst JL, Haase KB, Baesman S, Luther GW, Miller LG, Oremland RS.	FEMS Microbiol Ecol	10.1093/femsec/fiy103	2018

References

#11585	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 44187
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#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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Gordonia alkanivorans (DSM 44187, MoAcy 2)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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