Brachybacterium conglomeratum is a species of Gram positive, facultatively anaerobic, whitish yellow to pale brown pigmented bacterium. The cells are coccoid during the stationary phase, and irregular rods during the exponential phase.[1] The species was originally classified as Micrococcus conglomeratus for over 60 years,[2] until most species were reclassified as Brachybacterium conglomeratum in 1995. The name is derived from Latin conglomeratum (rolled together).
| Brachybacterium conglomeratum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Micrococcales |
| Family: | Dermabacteraceae |
| Genus: | Brachybacterium |
| Species: | B. conglomeratum
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachybacterium conglomeratum (ex Migula 1900) Takeuchi et al. 1995
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References
edit- ^ Takeuchi M, Fang CX, Yokota A. Taxonomic Study of the Genus Brachybacterium: Proposal of Brachybacterium conglomeratum sp. nov., nom. rev., Brachybacterium paraconglomeratum sp. nov., and Brachybacterium rhamnosum sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 1995 Jan 1;45(1):160-8.
- ^ Sanborn JR. Certain relationships of marine bacteria to the decomposition of fish. Journal of Bacteriology. 1930 Jun;19(6):375.
