Gordonia paraffinivorans explained

Gordonia paraffinivorans is a bacterium from the genus Gordonia which has been isolated from the Daqing Oil Field in China.^{[1] [2]} Gordonia paraffinivorans has the ability to degrade hydrocarbon.^[2]

Further reading

• Book: George M.. Garrity. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology.. 2012. Springer Science + Business Media. New York. 978-0-387-68233-4. 2nd.

External links

• Type strain of Gordonia paraffinivorans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Details: DSM-44604. www.dsmz.de.
2. Xue. Y. Sun. X. Zhou. P. Liu. R. Liang. F. Ma. Y. Gordonia paraffinivorans sp. nov., a hydrocarbon-degrading actinomycete isolated from an oil-producing well.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. September 2003. 53. Pt 5. 1643–6. 10.1099/ijs.0.02605-0. 13130063. free.