Microbacterium

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

Microbacterium
Microbacterium gubbeenense on agar plate
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Microbacteriaceae
Genus: Microbacterium
Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type species
Microbacterium lacticum
Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Aureobacterium Collins et al. 1983
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