B. Bendinger et al., GORDONA HYDROPHOBICA SP-NOV, ISOLATED FROM BIOFILTERS FOR WASTE-GAS TREATMENT, International journal of systematic bacteriology, 45(3), 1995, pp. 544-548
The taxonomic position of Gordona sp, strain DSM 44015(T), isolated fr
om the packing material of a biofilter used for biological odor abatem
ent of animal rendering emissions, has been clarified by a polyphasic
study comprising chemotaxonomic, sequencing, and phenotypic results, T
he strain possesses a wall chemotype IV, MK-9 (H-2), as the predominan
t menaquinone; relatively long-chain mycolic acids (54 to 62 carbon at
oms); and straight-chain, saturated, and monounsaturated fatty acids w
ith considerable amounts of tuberculostearic acid, The polar lipids in
clude phosphatidylethanolamine, and the G+C content of the DNA is 69 m
ol%. Similarity values for genes encoding 16S rRNA indicate that Gordo
na sp. strain DSM 44015(T) represents a new species within the genus G
ordona for which the name Gordona hydrophobica is proposed.