@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-49-4-1513, author = "Kummer, Christel and Schumann, Peter and Stackebrandt, Erko", title = "Gordonia alkanivorans sp. nov., isolated from tar-contaminated soil", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1999", volume = "49", number = "4", pages = "1513-1522", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-4-1513", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-49-4-1513", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Actinomycetales", keywords = "degradation", keywords = "Gordonia alkanivorans sp. nov", keywords = "alkanes", keywords = "tar-contaminated", 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 HKl 0136T (=DSM 44369T).", }