Aureobacterium

<i>Microbacterium</i>

Microbacterium

Genus of bacteria


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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Species

Microbacterium comprises the following species:[3]


References

  1. Orla-Jensen S. (1919). The Lactic Acid Bacteria. Copenhagen: Host & Sons.
  2. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. (1980). "Approved lists of bacterial names". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 30: 225–420. doi:10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
  3. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Microbacterium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  4. Salter SJ, Cox MJ, Turek EM, Calus ST, Cookson WO, Moffatt MF, Turner P, Parkhill J, Loman NJ, Walker AW. (2014). "Reagent and laboratory contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses". BMC Biol. 12: 87. doi:10.1186/s12915-014-0087-z. PMC 4228153. PMID 25387460.

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