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Gordonia terrae (CCUG 61661)

Name: Gordonia terrae (CCUG 61661)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 156420

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 61661

NCBI tax ID(s) 2055

Special Collections CCUG

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Gordonia terrae CCUG 61661 is a microaerophile, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Human eye,54-yr-old woman.

microaerophile mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 408926

CCUG 61661

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:37:51

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
10557	G. terrae 3607 (70003), N 890, N890 (R230), N 890 (R ...
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

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
62681	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

62681

Oxygen tolerancemicroaerophile

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API Coryne
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
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
68379	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68379	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
68379	catalase	+	1.11.1.6	from API Coryne
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
68379	pyrazinamidase	-	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68379	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

62681

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C16:0	30.6	16
C16:1 ω7c/C15:0 ISO 2OH	23.4	15.85
C18:1 ω9c	22.1	17.769
TBSA 10Me18:0	10.7	18.392
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	6	17.724
C14:0	2.7	14
C18:0	1.9	18
C20:2 ω6,9c	1.7	19.735
C16:0 anteiso	0.9	15.717

API coryne

@ref	Reduction of nitrateNIT	PYZ	PYRA	PAL	beta GUR	beta GAL	alpha GLU	beta NAG	ESC	URE	GEL	Control fermentationControl	GLU	RIB	XYL	MAN	MAL	LAC	SAC	GLYG	CAT
62681	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

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
62681	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Human	#Female
#Host Body-Site	#Organ	#Eye
#Infection	#Patient	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
62681	Human eye,54-yr-old woman	2011-09-01	Göteborg	Sweden	SWE	Europe

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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 )
#62681	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 61661
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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 terrae (CCUG 61661)

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