Gordonia westfalica explained

Gordonia westfalica is a rubber-degrading actinomycete bacterium. It is aerobic and Gram-positive, with type strain Kb2^T (=DSM 44215^T NRRL B-24152^T).^[1]

Further reading

• Broker. D.. Arenskotter. M.. Legatzki. A.. Nies. D. H.. Steinbuchel. A.. Characterization of the 101-Kilobase-Pair Megaplasmid pKB1, Isolated from the Rubber-Degrading Bacterium Gordonia westfalica Kb1. Journal of Bacteriology. 186. 1. 2003. 212–225. 0021-9193. 10.1128/JB.186.1.212-225.2004. 303448. 14679241.
• Bröker D, Arenskötter M, Steinbüchel A . Transfer of megaplasmid pKB1 from the rubber-degrading bacterium Gordonia westfalica strain Kb1 to related bacteria and its modification. . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol . 2008 . 77 . 6 . 1317–27 . 18034340 . 10.1007/s00253-007-1262-8 . 25256459 .

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Linos. A.. Gordonia westfalica sp. nov., a novel rubber-degrading actinomycete. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52. 4. 2002. 1133–1139. 1466-5026. 10.1099/ijs.0.02107-0.