%0 Journal Article %A Kummer, Christel %A Schumann, Peter %A Stackebrandt, Erko %T Gordonia alkanivorans sp. nov., isolated from tar-contaminated soil %D 1999 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 49 %N 4 %P 1513-1522 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-4-1513 %K Actinomycetales %K degradation %K Gordonia alkanivorans sp. nov %K alkanes %K tar-contaminated %I Microbiology Society, %X 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). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-49-4-1513