Mycobacterium hodleri 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.
| Mycobacterium hodleri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycobacterium |
| Species: | M. hodleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Mycobacterium hodleri Kleespies et al. 1996, DSM 44183
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Description
editGram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (1 μm x 1.8-2.3 μm).
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.
Pathogenesis
edit- Pathogenicity is not known.
- Biosafety level 1
Type strain
edit- First isolated from a fluoranthene-contaminated site near Jülich, Germany.
Strain EMI2 = CIP 104909 = DSM 44183 = JCM 12141 = LMG 19253
References
edit- 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.
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