gordonia malaquae gordonia malaquae gordonia malaquae is a bacterium from the genus gordonia which has been isolated from sludge from a wastewater treatment plant in taiwan. gordonia malaquae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: mycobacteriales family: gordoniaceae genus: gordonia species: g. malaquae binomial name gordonia malaquaeyassin et al. 2007 type strain ccug 53555, cip 109612, dsm 45064, ifm 10866, immib wwcc-22, jcm 14874