title: Gordonia alkanivorans sp. nov., isolated from tar-contaminated soil.
abstract: Twelve bacterial strains isolated from tar-contaminated soil were subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. The strains possessed meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid of the peptidoglycan, MK-9(H2) as the predominant menaquinone, long-chain mycolic acids of the Gordonia-type, straight-chain saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, and considerable amounts of tuberculostearic acid. The G + C content of the DNA was 68 mol%. Chemotaxonomic and physiological properties and 16S rDNA sequence comparison results indicated that these strains represent a new species of the genus Gordonia. Because of the ability of these strains to use alkanes as a carbon source, the name Gordonia alkanivorans is proposed. The type strain of Gordonia alkanivorans sp. nov. is strain HKI 0136T (= DSM 44369T).
authors.affiliation: Hans-Knöll Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung e.V., Jena, Germany. chkummer@pmail.hki-jena.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kummer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schumann
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stackebrandt
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D000473:Alkanes / Q000378:metabolism; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003033:Coal Tar / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D003033:Coal Tar