NCIt definition : A species of aerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria.
This species is acid fast, nonmotile, catalase and urease positive, negative for 3-day
arylsulfatase and Tween 80 hydrolysis, and does not reduce nitrate. M. gordonae is
commonly found in tap water and soil, is commensal in human mucus membranes, urine
and gastric fluid and is rarely pathogenic except in immunocompromised individuals.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Mycobacterium gordonae.;