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Gordonia sihwensis

species of bacterium

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ21268861 ↗
Source-derived summary

Gordonia sihwensis is a Gram-positive and nitrate-reducing bacterium from the genus of Gordonia which has been isolated from an autotrophic denitrification reactor in Sihwa in Korea.

References

Further reading

George M., Garrity (2012). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Science + Business Media. ISBN 978-0-387-68233-4.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Gordonia sihwensis” is species of bacterium. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Gordonia, sihwensis and species, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Gordonia, sihwensis and species is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Gordonia sihwensis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.