Is Gordonia a filamentous branching bacterium?

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Characteristics of Gordonia

  • Gordonia are high GC gram-positive bacteria 1
  • The genus Gordonia includes variedly pigmented aerobic, non-motile, non-sporulating Gram positive (sometimes variable) coccoid forms and rods 2
  • Gordonia species are aerobic Gram-positive bacilli 3
  • Gordonia spp. are members of the actinomycete family 4

Morphology of Gordonia

  • Gordonia species can display distinguishing physiological traits and biochemical properties 2
  • The growth of colonies was observed on Columbia blood agar plates and solid Löewenstein-Jensen medium 5
  • The Gram and Zhiel-Nielsen stains revealed the presence of Gram-positive acid-fast bacilli 5

Filamentous Branching Characteristic

  • There is no direct evidence in the provided studies to confirm that Gordonia is a filamentous branching bacterium 1, 2, 5, 4, 3

References

3
Research

Five cases of bacteraemia due to Gordonia species.

Journal of medical microbiology, 2009

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