Mycobacterium frederiksbergense

Summary

Mycobacterium frederiksbergense 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.

Mycobacterium frederiksbergense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species:
M. frederiksbergense
Binomial name
Mycobacterium frederiksbergense
Willumsen et al. 2001, DSM 44346

Etymology: frederiksbergense, of Frederiksberg, Denmark, referring to the place of isolation.

Type strain edit

First isolated in Frederiksberg, Denmark. Strain FAn9 = CIP 107205 = DSM 44346 = NRRL B-24126.

References edit

  • Willumsen et al. 2001. Mycobacterium frederiksbergense sp. nov., a novel polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading Mycobacterium species. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 51, 1715–1722. PMID 11594601

External links edit

  • Type strain of Mycobacterium frederiksbergense at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase