Gordonibacter pamelaeae
| Gordonibacter pamelaeae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Coriobacteriia |
| Order: | Eggerthellales |
| Family: | Eggerthellaceae |
| Genus: | Gordonibacter |
| Species: | G. pamelaeae |
| Binomial name | |
| Gordonibacter pamelaeae Würdemann et al. 2009 | |
| Type strain | |
| 7-10-1-b; CCUG 55131; DSM 19378; JCM 16334 | |
Gordonibacter pamelaeae is a species of Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic, non-spore-forming bacteria in the family Eggerthellaceae. It is the type species of the genus Gordonibacter.[1]
Description
[edit]The type strain, 7-10-1-b, was isolated from a colonic biopsy obtained from a patient with Crohn's disease.[2] Its cells are short rods or coccobacilli, and growth occurs under anaerobic conditions at 37 °C. The organism is catalase-positive.[2]
Motility may vary among strains. The type strain was reported to be motile by means of a subpolar flagellum, whereas a bloodstream isolate described in 2010 was non-motile.[2][3]
Metabolism
[edit]G. pamelaeae can transform ellagic acid under anaerobic culture conditions. The metabolites produced sequentially include urolithin M-5, urolithin M-6, and urolithin C.[4]
Clinical isolation
[edit]A 2010 case report documented G. pamelaeae bacteremia in a patient with disseminated rectosigmoid carcinoma. The organism was recovered in pure culture from an anaerobic blood-culture bottle and identified using phenotypic testing and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The patient recovered following treatment with amoxicillin–clavulanate.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit]The specific epithet honours Pamela Lee Oxley, a biochemist, environmentalist, and educator.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Species: Gordonibacter pamelaeae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 Würdemann, Dieco; Tindall, Brian J.; Pukall, Rüdiger; Lünsdorf, Heinrich; Strömpl, Christina; Namuth, Thomas; Nahrstedt, Henning; Wos-Oxley, Melissa; Ott, Stephan; Schreiber, Stefan; Timmis, Kenneth N.; Oxley, Andrew P. (2009). "Gordonibacter pamelaeae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Coriobacteriaceae isolated from a patient with Crohn's disease, and reclassification of Eggerthella hongkongensis Lau et al. 2006 as Paraeggerthella hongkongensis gen. nov., comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (6): 1405–1415. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.005900-0. PMID 19502325.
- 1 2 Woo, Patrick C. Y.; Teng, Jade L. L.; Lam, Kay K. M.; Tse, Cindy W. S.; Leung, Kit-Wah; Leung, Anthony W. S.; Lau, Susanna K. P.; Yuen, Kwok-Yung (2010). "First report of Gordonibacter pamelaeae bacteremia". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 48 (1): 319–322. doi:10.1128/JCM.01459-09. PMC 2812261. PMID 19923481.
- ↑ Selma, María V.; Beltrán, David; García-Villalba, Rocío; Espín, Juan C.; Tomás-Barberán, Francisco A. (2014). "Description of urolithin production capacity from ellagic acid of two human intestinal Gordonibacter species". Food & Function. 5 (8): 1779–1784. doi:10.1039/C4FO00092G. PMID 24909569.