Microbacterium

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Microbacterium is a genus of bacteria in the family Microbacteriaceae.[1][2] Microbacteria are common contaminants of laboratory reagents, which can lead to their being misrepresented in microbiome data.[5]

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Microbacterium
Microbacterium gubbeenense on agar plate
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Microbacteriaceae
Genus: Microbacterium
Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)[1][2]
Type species
Microbacterium lacticum
Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species

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Synonyms[3][4]
  • Aureobacterium Collins et al. 1983
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Species

Microbacterium comprises the following species:[3]

References

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