Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans
Species of bacterium
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycobacterium |
| Species: | M. fluoranthenivorans |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans Hormisch et al. 2006, DSM 44556 | |
Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus Mycobacterium.
Etymology: fluoranthenivorans, digesting fluoranthene.
Type strain
First isolated from contaminated soil of a former coal gas plant. Strain FA4 = DSM 44556 = CIP 108203.
References
- Hormisch et al. 2004. Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans sp. nov., a fluoranthene and aflatoxin B1 degrading bacterium from contaminated soil of a former coal gas plant. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., PMID 15612622
External links
- Type strain of Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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Mycobacteria (including Nontuberculous)
(R1P=photochromogenic;
R2S=scotochromogenic;
R3N=nonchromogenic)
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Runyon IV
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