mycobacterium hodleri mycobacterium hodleri mycobacterium hodleri 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 hodleri scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: mycobacteriales family: mycobacteriaceae genus: mycobacterium species: m. hodleri binomial name mycobacterium hodlerikleespies et al. 1996, dsm 44183 description gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (1 µm x 1.8-2.3 µm). colony characteristics scotochromogenic colonies, production of a saffron yellow pigment on middlebrook 7h10 agar and a chrome yellow pigment on trypticase soy agar. physiology fast growth on middlebrook 7h10 and on trypticase soy agar at temperatures between 18 °c and 28 °c. capable of cooxidizing fluoranthene with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, including pyrene and anthracene. pathogenesis pathogenicity is not known. biosafety level 1 type strain first isolated from a fluoranthene-contaminated site near jülich, germany. strain emi2 = cip 104909 = dsm 44183 = jcm 12141 = lmg 19253