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Species Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans
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Name: Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans Hormisch et al. 2006
Etymology: flu.o.ran.the.ni’vo.rans. Chem. neut. n. fluoranthene, fluoranthene; L. vowel -i-, connecting vowel; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, digesting; N.L. neut. part. adj. fluoranthenivorans, digesting fluoranthene
Pronunciation, gender: flu-o-ran-the-NI-wo-rans, neuter
Type strain: CIP 108203; DSM 44556; FA4; JCM 14741
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ617741
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Hormisch D, Brost I, Kohring GW, Giffhorn F, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E, Farber P, Holzapfel WH. Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans sp. nov., a fluoranthene and aflatoxin B1 degrading bacterium from contaminated soil of a former coal gas plant. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:653-660. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 110. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1459-1460.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Mycolicibacterium fluoranthenivorans (Hormisch et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
Parent taxon: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Hormisch D, Brost I, Kohring GW, Giffhorn F, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E, Farber P, Holzapfel WH. Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans sp. nov., a fluoranthene and aflatoxin B1 degrading bacterium from contaminated soil of a former coal gas plant. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:653-660. 🇩🇪
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