Name: Gordonia hongkongensis HKU50
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 133133

Type strain:

Species: Gordonia hongkongensis

Strain Designation: HKU50

Culture col. no.: CCOS 955, CIP 111027, NBRC 111234, NCCP 16210, JCM 31934, NCTC 13704

Strain history: CIP <- 2016, P.C.Y. Woo, Hong Kong Univ., Hong Kong, China: strain HKU50

NCBI tax ID(s): 1701090 (species)

SI-ID 413836

CIP 111027

Other strains from Gordonia hongkongensis

G. hongkongensis HKU46, CIP 111028, NBRC 111235, ...

Section

Gordonia hongkongensis HKU50 is an aerobe, chemoorganoheterotroph, mesophilic bacterium that has a orange-red pigmentation and was isolated from blood culture of a patient.

Gram-positive
pigmented
aerobe
chemoorganoheterotroph
mesophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria
genome sequence

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Actinomycetota*
	Class	*Actinomycetes*
	Order	*Mycobacteriales*
	Family	*Gordoniaceae*
	Genus	*Gordonia*
	Species	**Gordonia hongkongensis**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Gordonia hongkongensis Tsang et al. 2016

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #24904]	Gram stain	positive
[Ref.: #119959]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #24904]	Motility	no
[Ref.: #119959]	Motility	no

[Ref.: #119959]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #24904]	Type of hemolysis	gamma
[Ref.: #24904]	Colony size	0.5 mm
[Ref.: #24904]	Colony color	pink-to-orange
[Ref.: #24904]	Incubation period	3 days
[Ref.: #24904]	Cultivation medium used	Columbia agar supplemented with 5 % defibrinated sheep blood

[Ref.: #24904]	Pigment production	yes
[Ref.: #24904]	Pigmentation color	orange-red

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

Columbia agar supplemented with 5 % defibrinated sheep blood

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 45 - for Columbia agar with sheep blood

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 45

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

		Temperature
[Ref.: #24904]	growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #24904]	optimum	38-41 °C
[Ref.: #24904]	growth	20-48 °C
[Ref.: #41702]	growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #67770]	growth	37 °C

[Ref.: #24904]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #41702]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	mesophilic

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #24904]			optimum	7.5
[Ref.: #24904]			growth	6.0-8.5

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

aerobe

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Nutrition type

chemoorganoheterotroph

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Ability of spore formation

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #24904]	2-dehydro-D-gluconate ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	5-dehydro-D-gluconate ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	amygdalin ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	arbutin ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	casamino acids	+	growth
[Ref.: #24904]	casein	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #24904]	cellobiose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	D-arabinose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	D-arabitol ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	D-fructose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	D-fucose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	D-galactose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	D-glucose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	D-mannitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	D-mannose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	D-ribose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	D-sorbitol ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	D-tagatose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	D-xylose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	erythritol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	esculin ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	galactitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	gelatin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #24904]	gentiobiose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	gluconate ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	glycerol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	glycogen ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	inulin ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	L-arabinose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	L-arabitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	L-fucose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	L-lyxose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	L-rhamnose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	L-sorbose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	L-xylose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	lactose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	maltose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	melezitose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	melibiose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	myo-inositol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	N-acetylglucosamine ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	nitrate ChEBI	+	reduction
[Ref.: #24904]	raffinose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	ribitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	salicin ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	starch ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	starch ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #24904]	sucrose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	trehalose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	tryptophan ChEBI	-	energy source
[Ref.: #24904]	turanose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	tween 80 ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #24904]	xylitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #24904]	yeast extract	+	growth
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	Metabolite	Antibiotic sensitivity	Antibiotic intermediate
[Ref.: #24904]	azithromycin ChEBI		yes
[Ref.: #24904]	cefotaxime ChEBI		yes
[Ref.: #24904]	ceftriaxone ChEBI	yes
[Ref.: #24904]	ciprofloxacin ChEBI	yes
[Ref.: #24904]	clarithromycin ChEBI		yes
[Ref.: #24904]	imipenem ChEBI	yes
[Ref.: #24904]	levofloxacin ChEBI	yes
[Ref.: #24904]	linezolid ChEBI	yes
[Ref.: #24904]	vancomycin ChEBI	yes

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #24904]		indole ChEBI	no

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Indole test
[Ref.: #24904]		indole ChEBI	-

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #24904]	6-phospho-beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.85
[Ref.: #24904]	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2
[Ref.: #24904]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
[Ref.: #24904]	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1
[Ref.: #24904]	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
[Ref.: #24904]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1
[Ref.: #24904]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51
[Ref.: #24904]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22
[Ref.: #24904]	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20
[Ref.: #24904]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24
[Ref.: #24904]	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21
[Ref.: #24904]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
[Ref.: #24904]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #24904]	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3
[Ref.: #24904]	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
[Ref.: #24904]	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
[Ref.: #24904]	esterase (C 4)	+
[Ref.: #24904]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+
[Ref.: #24904]	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1
[Ref.: #24904]	lipase (C 14)	-
[Ref.: #24904]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52
[Ref.: #24904]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-
[Ref.: #24904]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
[Ref.: #24904]	pyrazinamidase	+	3.5.1.B15
[Ref.: #24904]	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3
[Ref.: #24904]	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4
[Ref.: #24904]	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1
[Ref.: #24904]	urease	-	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #24904]	valine arylamidase	-
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Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #24904]	Sample type/isolated from	blood culture of a patient
[Ref.: #24904]	Country	Hong Kong
[Ref.: #24904]	Country ISO 3 Code	HKG
[Ref.: #24904]	Continent	Asia

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Blood culture
[Ref.: #67770]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Hong Kong
[Ref.: #67770]	Country	China
[Ref.: #67770]	Country ISO 3 Code	CHN
[Ref.: #67770]	Continent	Asia

[Ref.: #119959]	Sample type/isolated from	Blood culture
[Ref.: #119959]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Hong Kong
[Ref.: #119959]	Country	China
[Ref.: #119959]	Country ISO 3 Code	CHN
[Ref.: #119959]	Continent	Asia
[Ref.: #119959]	Isolation date	2014-01-02
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Isolation sources categories

#Infection	#Patient	-
#Infection	#Patient	#Blood culture

What are isolation sources categories?

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (French classification)

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence database
[Ref.: #24904]	16S rRNA	LC072670	GenBank
[Ref.: #24904]	16S rRNA	LC072671	GenBank
[Ref.: #24904]	16S rRNA	LC072672	GenBank
[Ref.: #24904]	16S rRNA rrnA	LC109314	GenBank
[Ref.: #24904]	16S rRNA rrnB	LC109315	GenBank

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Gordonia hongkongensis JCM 31934	GCA_023078355	complete	GenBank	1701090 tax ID	*

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GC-content

67 mol%

high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Gordonia hongkongensis JCM 31934 NCBI: GCA_023078355.1
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	no	98.599	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	yes	89.611	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	no	99.305	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	yes	91.449	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	halophile	no	86.21	no
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	no	86.53	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	motile	no	93.824	no
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-ferment	no	89.146	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophile	no	99.254	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-util	yes	89.05	no

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

CCOS 955, CIP 111027, NBRC 111234, NCCP 16210, JCM 31934, NCTC 13704

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SI-ID 413836

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Gordonia hongkongensis sp. nov., isolated from blood culture and peritoneal dialysis effluent of patients in Hong Kong.	Tsang CC, Xiong L, Poon RWS, Chen JHK, Leung KW, Lam JYW, Wu AKL, Chan JFW, Lau SKP, Woo PCY	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001292	2016	*

References

#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 )

#24904

K. N. Mori, Dian Alfian,Kawasaki, Hiroko,Lisdiyanti, Puspita,Yopi, -,Suzuki, Ken-ichiro: Halobium palmae gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a solar saltern. IJSEM 66: 3942 - 3950 2016 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001292 , PubMed 27406710 )

#41702 ; Curators of the CIP;

#66792

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#91375

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID413836.1 )

#119959 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 111027
* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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