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Mycobacterium hodleri

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Order
  
Actinomycetales

Family
  
Mycobacteriaceae

Scientific name
  
Mycobacterium hodleri

Phylum
  
Actinobacteria

Suborder
  
Corynebacterineae

Genus
  
Mycobacterium

Rank
  
Species

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Mycobacterium hodleri is a species of the phylum actinobacteria (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus mycobacterium.

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Description

Gram-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

  • Pathogenicity is not known.
  • Biosafety level 1

    • Type strain

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

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

    References

    Mycobacterium hodleri Wikipedia
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