Gordonia cholesterolivorans

Gordonia cholesterolivorans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Class: Actinobacteria
Subclass: Actinobacteridae
Order: Actinomycetales
Suborder: Micrococcineae
Family: Gordoniaceae
Genus: Gordonia
Species: G. cholesterolivorans
Binomial name
Gordonia cholesterolivorans
Drzyzga et al. 2009[1]
Type strain
CECT 7408, Chol-3, CIP 110048, DSM 45229, JCM 16227[2]

Gordonia cholesterolivorans is a bacterium from the genus of Gordonia which has been isolated from sewage sludge from a sewage treatment plant in Ciudad Real in Spain.[1][3][4] Gordonia cholesterolivorans has the ability to degrade cholesterol.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Parte, A.C. "Gordonia". www.bacterio.net.
  2. "Gordonia cholesterolivorans Taxon Passport - StrainInfo". www.straininfo.net.
  3. "Gordonia cholesterolivorans". www.uniprot.org.
  4. "Details: DSM-45229". www.dsmz.de.
  5. Drzyzga, O; Navarro Llorens, JM; Fernández de Las Heras, L; García Fernández, E; Perera, J (May 2009). "Gordonia cholesterolivorans sp. nov., a cholesterol-degrading actinomycete isolated from sewage sludge.". International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. 59 (Pt 5): 1011–5. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.005777-0. PMID 19406784.
External identifiers for Gordonia cholesterolivorans
Encyclopedia of Life 11794944


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