Mycobacterium frederiksbergense

Mycobacterium frederiksbergense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Actinobacteria"
Class:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycobacterium
Species:	M. frederiksbergense
Binomial name
	Mycobacterium frederiksbergense; Willumsen et al. 2001, DSM 44346

Mycobacterium frederiksbergense is a species of the phylum Actinobacteria (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus Mycobacterium.

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

Type strain[]

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

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

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