Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans Hormisch et al., 2006
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- phylum
- Actinomycetota
- class
- Actinomycetia
- order
- Mycobacteriales
- family
- Mycobacteriaceae
- genus
- Mycobacterium
- species
- Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans
Abstract
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.