''Microbacterium hydrothermale'' is a

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. Gram-positive bac ...

aerobic Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen. Aerobic may also refer to * Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensity * Aerobics, a form of aerobic exercise * Aerobic respiration, the aerobic process of cell ...

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 ...

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

'' which has been isolated from hydrothermal sediments from the

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References

External links

Type strain of ''Microbacterium hydrothermale'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacteria described in 2014 hydrothermale {{Actinobacteria-stub