mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans 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 fluoranthenivorans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: mycobacteriales family: mycobacteriaceae genus: mycobacterium species: m. fluoranthenivorans binomial name mycobacterium fluoranthenivoranshormisch et al. 2006, dsm 44556 etymology: fluoranthenivorans, digesting fluoranthene. type strain first isolated from contaminated soil of a former coal gas plant. strain fa4 = dsm 44556 = cip 108203.