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.
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
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.
External links Type strain of Mycobacterium hodleri at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase