gordonia alkanivorans gordonia alkanivorans gordonia alkanivorans is a bacterium from the genus of gordonia which has been isolated from soil which was contaminated with tar and phenol in rositz in germany. gordonia alkanivorans has the ability to metabolize hexadecane. the strain ripi90a of gordonia alkanivorans can desulfurize dibenzothiophene. gordonia alkanivorans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: mycobacteriales family: gordoniaceae genus: gordonia species: g. alkanivorans binomial name gordonia alkanivoranskummer et al. 1999 type strain 2102-488, cip 106363, dsm 44369, hki 0136, ifm 10352, ifo 16433, jcm 10677, kctc 9951, nbrc 16433, ncimb 13615 synonyms gordonia nitida yoon et al. 2000