Microbacterium natoriense

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Microbacterium natoriense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Microbacteriaceae
Genus: Microbacterium
Species:
M. natoriense
Binomial name
Microbacterium natoriense
Liu et al. 2005[1]
Type strain
ATCC BAA-1032
CIP 108753
DSM 17277
JCM 12611
LMG 23573
TNJL143-2[2][3]

Microbacterium natoriense is a Gram-positive and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Microbacterium which has been isolated from soil from Natori in Japan.[1][2][4] Microbacterium natoriense produces D-aminoacylase.[1]

Microbacterium natoriense is a non-motile, non-spore-forming, aerobic species that grows optimally at 30 degrees celsius and within a pH range of 5-7. [1] It is positive for catalase, pyrazinamidase, alkaline phosphatase, N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase, and gelatinase, but negative for nitrate reduction, urease, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, oxidation/fermentation, casein hydrolysis, and β-glucuronidase. The species tolerates up to 6% (w/v) NaCl in LB medium, but growth was not observed at NaCl concentrations of 7% or higher. Its cell-wall diamino acid is ornithine, and the major fatty acids are anteiso-C15:0 (45.0 mol%), iso-C15:0 (17.0 mol%), and anteiso-C17:0 (16.9 mol%). The genomic G+C content (guanine and cytosine percentage) is 69.1 mol%.

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