gordonia araii gordonia araii gordonia araii is a gram-positive and aerobic bacterium from the genus of gordonia which has been isolated from human sputum in japan. gordonia araii scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: mycobacteriales family: gordoniaceae genus: gordonia species: g. araii binomial name gordonia araiikageyama et al. 2006 type strain ccug 53883, cip 109346, dsm 44811, ifm 10211, jcm 12131, nbrc 100433