Mycobacterium fluoroanthenivorans

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Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Actinobacteria Order: Actinomycetales Suborder: Corynebacterineae Family: Mycobacteriaceae Genus: Mycobacterium Species: M. fluoranthenivorans
Binomial name
Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans Hormisch et al. 2006, DSM 44556

Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans
Etymology: fluoranthenivorans, digesting fluoranthene.

Contents 1 Description 2 Pathogenesis 3 Type Strain 4 References

[edit] Description

[edit] Pathogenesis

[edit] Type Strain

First isolated from contaminated soil of a former coal gas plant. Strain FA4 = DSM 44556 = CIP 108203.

[edit] 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.,