''Pseudonocardia kongjuensis'' is a bacterium from the genus of ''

Pseudonocardia ''Pseudonocardia'' is the type genus of the bacteria family Pseudonocardiaceae. Members of this genus have been found living mutualistically on the cuticle of the leafcutter ants because the bacteria has antibiotic properties that protect the fun ...

'' which has been isolated from a gold mine near

Kongju Gongju ([]; Gongju-si) is a city in South Chungcheong province, South Korea. History Gongju was formerly named Ungjin and was the capital of Baekje from AD 475 to 538. In this period, Baekje was under threat from Goguryeo. Goguryeo had overrun ...

on Korea.

References

Pseudonocardia Bacteria described in 2001 {{Pseudonocardineae-stub