Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans

Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans 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: fluoranthenivorans, digesting fluoranthene.
Type strain.
First isolated from contaminated soil of a former coal gas plant.
Strain FA4 = DSM 44556 = CIP 108203.