mycobacteroides immunogenum mycobacteroides immunogenum mycobacteroides immunogenum (formerly mycobacterium immunogenum) is a species of bacteria from the phylum actinomycetota, belonging to the genus mycobacteroides. mycobacteroides immunogenum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: mycobacteriales family: mycobacteriaceae genus: mycobacteroides species: m. immunogenum binomial name mycobacteroides immunogenum(wilson et al. 2001) gupta et al. 2018 type strain atcc 700505bh29dsm 45594dsm 45595mc 779 synonyms mycobacterium immunogenum wilson et al. 2001 these non-tuberculous mycobacteria are sometimes found in fouling water-based cutting fluids, often causing hypersensitivity pneumonitis to the machinists in the affected grinding plants. the complete genome sequence of mycobacteroides immunogenum ccug 47286t was deposited and published in dna data bank of japan, european nucleotide archive, and genbank in 2016 under the accession number cp011530.