''Microbacterium luticocti'' 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 ...
, short rod and 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
sewage sludge
Sewage sludge is the residual, semi-solid material that is produced as a by-product during sewage treatment of industrial or municipal wastewater. The term " septage" also refers to sludge from simple wastewater treatment but is connected to si ...
compost in
Porto
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in
Portugal
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.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Microbacterium luticocti'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacteria described in 2008
luticocti
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