''Microbacterium aerolatum'' is a
rod shaped and
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 ...
bacteria that was found in the
Vergilius Chapel (Virgilkapelle) of
Vienna
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, Austria.
This bacterium "shared the highest 16S rDNA sequence similarities with members of the genus ''
Microbacterium
''Microbacterium'' is a genus of bacteria in the family Microbacteriaceae. Microbacteria are common contaminants of laboratory reagents, which can lead to their being misrepresented in microbiome
A microbiome () is the community of microo ...
'', in particular ''
Microbacterium foliorum'', ''
Microbacterium testaceum'', ''
Microbacterium esteraromaticum'', ''
Microbacterium keratanolyticum'' and ''
Microbacterium arabinogalactanolyticum
''Microbacterium'' is a genus of bacteria in the family Microbacteriaceae. Microbacteria are common contaminants of laboratory reagents, which can lead to their being misrepresented in microbiome
A microbiome () is the community of microo ...
''."
References
External links
Type strain of ''Microbacterium aerolatum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
aerolatum
Bacteria described in 2002
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