Brachybacterium conglomeratum
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Abstract
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.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. The species was originally classified as Micrococcus conglomeratus for over 60 years,Sanborn JR. Certain relationships of marine bacteria to the decomposition of fish. Journal of Bacteriology. 1930 Jun;19(6):375. until most species were reclassified as Brachybacterium conglomeratum in 1995. The name is derived from Latin conglomeratum (rolled together).
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