''Microbacterium oleivorans'' 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 ...
and
crude-oil-degrading 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 an
oil storage cavern in
Germany
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.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Microbacterium oleivorans'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacteria described in 2005
oleivorans
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