''Brachybacterium alimentarium'' is a species of
Gram positive
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The Gram stain i ...
, facultatively anaerobic, yellow-pigmented
bacterium
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. The cells are coccoid during the stationary phase, and irregular rods during the exponential phase. It was first isolated from the surfaces of
Beaufort and
Gruyère cheeses in 1978. Further work led to the proposal of the new species in 1996, and the name is derived from the
Latin
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''alimentanium'' (pertaining to food).
The optimum growth temperature for ''B. alimentarium'' is 30 °C, but can grow in the 20-37 °C range. The optimum
pH is 7.3.
References
External links
Type strain of ''Brachybacterium alimentarium'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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Micrococcales
Bacteria described in 1996