Mycobacterium hodleri

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Mycobacterium hodleri

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Corynebacterineae
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycobacterium
Species:	M. hodleri

Binomial name

Mycobacterium hodleri
Kleespies et al. 1996, DSM 44183

Mycobacterium hodleri

1 Description
2 Pathogenesis
3 Type Strain
4 References

[edit] Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (1µm x 1.8-2.3µm).

Colony characteristics

Scotochromogenic colonies, production of a saffron yellow pigment on Middlebrook 7H10 agar and a chrome yellow pigment on Trypticase soy agar.

Physiology

Fast growth on Middlebrook 7H10 and on Trypticase soy agar at temperatures between 18°C and 28°C.
Capable of cooxidizing fluoranthene with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, including pyrene and anthracene.

[edit] Pathogenesis

Pathogenicity is not known.
Biosafety level 1

[edit] Type Strain

First isolated from a fluoranthene-contaminated site near Jülich, Germany.

Strain EMI2 = CIP 104909 = DSM 44183 = JCM 12141 = LMG 19253

[edit] References

Kleespies et al. 1996. Mycobacterium hodleri sp. nov., a new member of the fast-growing mycobacteria capable of degrading polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 46, 683-687.