gordonia rhizosphera gordonia rhizosphera gordonia rhizosphera is a bacterium from the genus gordonia which has been isolated from rhizosphere soil from a mangrove plant in japan. gordonia rhizosphera scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: mycobacteriales family: gordoniaceae genus: gordonia species: g. rhizosphera binomial name gordonia rhizospheracorrig. takeuchi and hatano 1998 type strain 141, bcrc 16393, ccrc 16393, cip 105727, dsm 44383, ifm 10357, ifo 16068, jcm 10426, kctc 9824, nbrc 16068, ncimb 13848, vkm ac-2072 synonyms gordona rhizosphera takeuchi and hatano 1998