Volume 6, Number 4—August 2000
Dispatch
Bacteremia and Endocarditis Caused by a Gordonia Species in a Patient with a Central Venous Catheter
Table 1
Classification of the genus Gordonia
Present designated species (date) | Former designated species (date) |
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Gordonia aichiensisa (1997) | Gordona aichiensis (1994) Rhodococcus aichiensis (1983) |
Gordonia alkanivorans (1999) | -- |
Gordonia amaraea (1997) | Gordona amarae (1994) Nocardia amarae (1980) |
Gordonia bronchialisa (1997) | Gordona bronchialis (1989) Rhodococcus bronchialis (1980) |
Gordonia desulfuricans (1999) | -- |
Gordonia hirsutaa (1997) | Gordona hirsuta (1996) |
Gordonia hydrophobicaa (1997) | Gordona hydrophobica (1995) |
Gordonia polyisoprenivorans (1999) | -- |
Gordonia rhizosphera (1998) | -- |
Gordonia rubropertinctaa (1997) | Gordona rubropertincta (1989) Rhodococcus rubropertinctusb (1980) |
Gordonia sputia (1997) | Gordona sputi (1989) Rhodococcus sputic (1975) |
Gordonia terraea (1997) | Gordona terrae (1989) Rhodococcus terrae (1980) |
a The original spelling, Gordona, was changed to Gordonia in 1997 (5).
bOther former designations:Bacillus rubropertinctus, Serratia rubropertincta, Mycobacterium rubropertinctum, Proactinomyces rubropertinctus, Nocardia rubropertincta.
c Synonym: Rhodococcus chubuensis.
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