Species ***Mycobacterium* *fluoranthenivorans***

Name: Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans Hormisch et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: flu.or.an.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

Gender: 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.

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium fluoranthenivorans (Hormisch et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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 2024-03-28.

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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Species Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans

Species ***Mycobacterium* *fluoranthenivorans***