''Microbacterium arthrosphaerae'' is a

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and

rod-shaped A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name '' Bacil ...

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 data. Species ''Microbacterium'' comprises the fo ...

'' which has been isolated from the

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'' Arthrosphaera magna'' in

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References

External links

Type strain of ''Microbacterium arthrosphaerae'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacteria described in 2011 arthrosphaerae {{Actinobacteria-stub