Brachybacterium fresconis

Brachybacterium fresconis is a species of Gram positive, strictly aerobic, cream-pigmented bacterium. The cells are coccoid during the stationary phase, and irregular rods during the exponential phase. It was first isolated from a medieval wall painting of the chapel of Schloss Herberstein in Styria, Austria. The species was proposed in 2014, and the name is derived from the fact it was first isolated from a fresco.

Brachybacterium fresconis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Micrococcales
Family:	Dermabacteraceae
Genus:	Brachybacterium
Species:	B. fresconis
Binomial name
Brachybacterium fresconis Heyrman et al 2002

The optimum growth temperature for B. fresconis is 20-30 °C, but can grow in the 5-40 °C range.^[1]