microbacterium

microbacterium
mi·cro·bac·te·ri·um -bak-'tir-ē-əm n
1) cap a genus of minute nonmotile gram-positive thermotolerant bacteria closely related to or included in the family Corynebacteriaceae that are common in dairy products and the mammalian intestinal tract
2) pl -ria -ē-ə any of numerous minute heat-resistant bacteria specif any bacterium of the genus Microbacterium

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Mi·cro·bac·te·ri·um (mi″kro-bak-tērґe-əm) [micro- + bacterium] a genus of bacteria of the family Microbacteriaceae, consisting of small diphtheroid, motile or nonmotile, gram-positive rods, found in dairy products; organisms are obligately aerobic, non–spore-forming, and catalase-positive and are characterized by resistance to heat. It is an opportunistic pathogen, causing nosocomial infections in debilitated and immunocompromised patients. The type species is M. lacґticum.

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