Gordonia cholesterolivorans

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]

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]

References
  1. Parte, A.C. "Gordonia". LPSN.
  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.



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