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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.

Species

Microbacterium comprises the following species:

  • M. marinum <small>Zhang et al. 2012</small>
  • M. maritypicum <small>corrig. (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998</small>
  • M. testaceum <small>(Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998</small>
  • M. thalassium <small>Takeuchi and Hatano 1998</small>

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