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jswolgemuth at lancasterlabs.com wrote:
> I am writing from Lancaster Laboratories, an independent analytical lab
> providing chemistry and microbiological services to the Pharmaceutical
> Industry. We recently isolated and ID'd Gordona amarae in a sample and
> are
> interested in getting additional information on this organism. Any info
> you
> could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
> ---
Here's the scoop from the online catalogue of The American Type Culture
Collection......www.atcc.org
There are more Gordonia sp in our collection
Martin Gross
American Type Culture Collection
mgross at atcc.org
Gordonia amarae (Lechevalier and Lechevalier) Klatte et al. deposited as
Nocardia amarae
Designation: Se 6 [CCM 2753; DSM 43392; IMET 7518; IMRU W3960; JCM
3171; KCC A-0171; N667; NCIB 11222]
Depositors:
H.A. Lechevalie
Isolation:
foam on activated sludge, Florida
Type Strain:
type strain [RF4738] [RF18262] [RF18983] [RF19565]
Descriptions:
nomenclature [RF48654]
References:
RF4738: Approved lists of bacterial names. Int. J. Syst.
Bacteriol. 30: 225-420, 1980
RF18262: Lechevalier MP and Lechevalier HA. Nocardia amarae sp.
nov., an actinomycete common in foaming activated sludge. Int. J. Syst.
Bacteriol. 24: 278-288, 1974
RF18983: Klatte S et al. Transfer of Rhodococcus aichiensis
Tsukamura 1982 and Nocardia amarae Lechevalier and Lechevalier
1974 to the genus Gordona as Gordona aichiensis comb. nov. and Gordona
amarae comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 44: 769-773, 1994 PubMed:
95071898
RF19565: Goodfellow M et al. Transfer of Nocardia amarae
Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974 to the genus Gordona as Gordona
amarae comb. nov. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 19: 401-405, 1994 PubMed:
95118578
RF48654: Stackebrandt E et al. Proposal for a new hierarchic
classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst.
Bacteriol. 47: 479-491, 1997
Propagation:
ATCC medium: 25 Yeast extract-glucose medium
Temperature: 26C
