Open AccessMycobacterium hodleri sp. nov., a New Member of the Fast-Growii Mycobacteria Capable of Degrading Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Author(s) -
M. Kleespies,
R. M. Kroppenstedt,
Frederick A. Rainey,
L. E. Webb,
Erko Stackebrandt
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of systematic bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1070-6259
pISSN - 0020-7713
DOI - 10.1099/00207713-46-3-683
Subject(s) - mycobacterium , biology , 16s ribosomal rna , microbiology and biotechnology , phylogenetic tree , strain (injury) , bacteria , genus , genetics , botany , gene , anatomy
A bacterial strain isolated from a fluoranthene-polluted soil was characterized with respect to its metabolic and chemotaxonomic properties, and its phylogenetic position was determined. This bacterium exhibits all of the genus-specific properties of the genus Mycobacterium and clusters phylogenetically with the group of fast-growing mycobacteria. On the basis of its unique fatty acid pattern, the distinctness of its physiological properties and the uniqueness of the primary structure of its 16S ribosomal DNA, we propose that the new isolate should be assigned to a new species, Mycobacterium hodleri. This novel species is phylogenetically closely related to Mycobacterium diernhoferi and Mycobacterium neoaurum. The type strain of M. hodleri is strain EM12 (= DSM 44183).