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Species Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans

Name: Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans Hormisch et al. 2006

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

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 (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um flu-o-ran-the-NI-wo-rans, neuter

Type strain: CIP 108203; DSM 44556; FA4; JCM 14741

16S rRNA gene: AJ617741 Analysetree FASTA download

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

  • 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 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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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Record number: 785252