Brachybacterium conglomeratum

Brachybacterium conglomeratum is a species of Gram positive, facultatively anaerobic, whitish yellow to pale brown pigmented bacterium. The cells are coccoid during the stationary phase, and irregular rods during the exponential phase.[1] The species was originally classified as Micrococcus conglomeratus for over 60 years,[2] until most species were reclassified as Brachybacterium conglomeratum in 1995. The name is derived from Latin conglomeratum (rolled together).

Brachybacterium conglomeratum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Dermabacteraceae
Genus: Brachybacterium
Species:
B. conglomeratum
Binomial name
Brachybacterium conglomeratum
(ex Migula 1900) Takeuchi et al. 1995

References

  1. Takeuchi M, Fang CX, Yokota A. Taxonomic Study of the Genus Brachybacterium: Proposal of Brachybacterium conglomeratum sp. nov., nom. rev., Brachybacterium paraconglomeratum sp. nov., and Brachybacterium rhamnosum sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 1995 Jan 1;45(1):160-8.
  2. Sanborn JR. Certain relationships of marine bacteria to the decomposition of fish. Journal of Bacteriology. 1930 Jun;19(6):375.
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