Mycobacterium hodleri

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.

Mycobacterium hodleri
Scientific classification
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M. hodleri
Binomial name
Mycobacterium hodleri
Kleespies et al. 1996, DSM 44183

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

Pathogenesis

Type strain

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

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

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.


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