''Microbacterium aquimaris'' is a
Gram-positive
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The Gram stain is ...
, non-
spore
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-forming and non-motile bacterium from 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 ...
'' which has been isolated from seawater from Jeju in
Korea
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.
[ the major ]menaquinone
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s of ''Microbacterium aquimaris'' are MK-11, MK-12 and MK-10.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Microbacterium aquimaris'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacteria described in 2008
aquimaris
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