Brachybacterium endophyticum

Brachybacterium endophyticum is a species of Gram positive, facultatively anaerobic, halotolerant, cream-pigmented bacterium. The cells are coccoid during the stationary phase, and irregular rods during the exponential phase. It was first isolated from surface-sterilized bark of Scutellaria baicalensis from Guizhou, China. The species was first proposed in 2018, and the name refers to the fact that the bacteria is likely an endophyte.[1]

Brachybacterium endophyticum
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Dermabacteraceae
Genus: Brachybacterium
Species:
B. endophyticum
Binomial name
Brachybacterium endophyticum
Tuo et al. 2018

The optimum growth temperature for B. endophyticum is 30 °C, but can grow in the 4-37 °C range. The pH optimum is 8.0, and can grow in the 5.0-11.0 range. The cells are halotolerant, and can grow in NaCl salt concentrations up to 15%.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Tuo, Li; Yan, Xiao-Rui; Li, Fei-Na; Bao, Yu-Xin; Shi, Hui-Chang; Li, Hong-Ying; Sun, Cheng-Hang (1 November 2018). "Brachybacterium endophyticum sp. nov., a novel endophytic actinobacterium isolated from bark of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 68 (11): 3563–3568. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.003032. PMID 30230442.