title: Gordonia: isolation and identification in clinical samples and role in biotechnology.
abstract: Gordonia spp. are members of the actinomycete family, and the environment, especially soil, is the natural habitat of this genus of bacteria. Gordonia spp. are important for two aspects: first, some Gordonia species cause a broad spectrum of diseases in healthy and immunocompromised individuals; second, these bacteria are capable of producing useful secondary metabolites, which may be used in various industries; therefore, discrimination of the genus Gordonia from other genera in the actinomycete family is important. Phenotypic and molecular techniques are necessary for accurate identification of Gordonia at the species level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Andalibi
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. mehdifatahi@ssu.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fatahi-Bafghi
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D033601:Gordonia Bacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods; D064210:Secondary Metabolism