''Brachybacterium paraconglomeratum'' is a species of

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, facultatively anaerobic, pale brown pigmented

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. The cells are coccoid during the stationary phase, and irregular rods during the exponential phase. The species was identified when a strain of '' Brachybacterium faecium'' was found to be a different species of ''Brachybacterium''. The name is derived from

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''para'' (alongside of, resembling) and ''conglomeratum'' (rolled together). ''B. paraconglomeratum'' resembles '' Brachybacterium conglomeratum'' phenotypically, and but are separate species based on

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. ''B. paraconglomeratum'' and ''B. conglomeratum'' were first proposed as species in the same paper in 1995, along with '' B. rhamnosum''.

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External links

Type strain of ''Brachybacterium paraconglomeratum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
{{Taxonbar, from=Q25840509 Micrococcales Bacteria described in 1995