gordonia desulfuricans gordonia desulfuricans gordonia desulfuricans is a benzothiophene-desulphurizing bacterium from the genus gordonia which has been isolated from soil from west calder in scotland. gordonia desulfuricans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: mycobacteriales family: gordoniaceae genus: gordonia species: g. desulfuricans binomial name gordonia desulfuricanskim et al. 1999 type strain 213e, bcrc 16388, ccrc 16388, cip 109045, dsm 44462, ifm 10355, jcm 11762, kctc 9941, nbrc 100010, ncimb 40816