Mycobacterium gordonae

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| taxon = Mycobacterium gordonae

| authority = Bojalil et al. 1962, ATCC 14470

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Mycobacterium gordonae is a species of Mycobacterium named for Ruth E. Gordon.{{EMedicine|article|223038|Mycobacterium gordonae}} It is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus Mycobacterium.

Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile and moderate to long acid-fast rods.

Commonly found in tap water and soil. Casual resident in human sputum and gastric lavage specimens.

Colony characteristics

Smooth, with yellow or orange scotochromogenic colonies. Even though they are scotochromogenic pigment is intensified by growing in continuous light.

Physiology

Growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium and Middlebrook 7H10 agar within 7 or more days at 37 °C (optimal 25 °C).
Does not grow in the presence of ethambutol (1 mg/L), isoniazid (10 mg/L) and sodium chloride (5%).
Some strains can grow using carbon monoxide as a carbon and energy source.{{cite journal | vauthors = King GM | title = Uptake of carbon monoxide and hydrogen at environmentally relevant concentrations by mycobacteria | journal = Applied and Environmental Microbiology | volume = 69 | issue = 12 | pages = 7266–72 | date = December 2003 | pmid = 14660375 | pmc = 310020 | doi = 10.1128/aem.69.12.7266-7272.2003 }}

Differential characteristics

A commercial hybridisation assay (AccuProbe) to identify M. gordonae exists.{{cite journal | vauthors = Reisner BS, Gatson AM, Woods GL | title = Use of Gen-Probe AccuProbes to identify Mycobacterium avium complex, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Mycobacterium kansasii, and Mycobacterium gordonae directly from BACTEC TB broth cultures | journal = Journal of Clinical Microbiology | volume = 32 | issue = 12 | pages = 2995–8 | date = December 1994 | doi = 10.1128/JCM.32.12.2995-2998.1994 | pmid = 7883888 | pmc = 264213 }}
Intraspecies variability in 16S rDNA sequences

Rarely if ever implicated in disease processes even if patients are immunocompromised. Widely distributed in environment and usually a contaminant in laboratory specimens.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationaljewish.org/conditions/ntm-nontuberculous-mycobacteria/ntm-nontuberculous-mycobacteria-overview/types|title=NTM: Types|last=Kasperbauer|first=Shannon|date=July 1, 2017|website=National Jewish Health}}
Biosafety level 2

Strain ATCC 14470 = CCUG 21801 = CCUG 21811 = CIP 104529 = DSM 44160 = JCM 6382 = NCTC 10267.

[http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=8268&submit=Search Type strain of Mycobacterium gordonae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]