''Brachybacterium conglomeratum'' is a species of
Gram positive
In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall.
The Gram stain i ...
, facultatively anaerobic, whitish yellow to pale brown pigmented
bacterium
Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among the ...
. The cells are coccoid during the stationary phase, and irregular rods during the exponential phase. The species was originally classified as ''Micrococcus conglomeratus'' for over 60 years,
[Sanborn JR]
Certain relationships of marine bacteria to the decomposition of fish.
Journal of Bacteriology. 1930 Jun;19(6):375. until most species were reclassified as ''Brachybacterium conglomeratum'' in 1995. The name is derived from
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
''conglomeratum'' (rolled together).
References
External links
Type strain of ''Brachybacterium conglomeratum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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Micrococcales
Bacteria described in 1995