Gordonia westfalica is a rubber-degrading actinomycete bacterium. It is aerobic and Gram-positive, with type strain Kb2T (=DSM 44215T NRRL B-24152T).[1]

Gordonia westfalica
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Gordoniaceae
Genus: Gordonia
Species:
G. westfalica
Binomial name
Gordonia westfalica
Linos et al. 2002

References

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

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