Microbacterium oxydans

Microbacterium oxydans is a Gram-positive bacterium from the genus Microbacterium which occurs in human clinical specimens.^[1][3][4] Microbacterium oxydans has the ability to degrade alginate and laminarin.^[5][6]

Microbacterium oxydans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Micrococcales
Family:	Microbacteriaceae
Genus:	Microbacterium
Species:	M. oxydans
Binomial name
Microbacterium oxydans (Chatelain and Second 1966) Schumann et al. 1999
Type strain
BCRC 12117 CCRC 12117 CIP 66.12 CIP 66.12T CIP 6612 DSM 20578 IAM 15197 IFO 15586 JCM 12414 KCTC 3256 LMG 23389 NBRC 15586 NCIB 9944 NCIMB 9944 NRRL B-24236 VKM Ac-2116 X98[1][2]
Synonyms[1]
Brevibacterium oxydans Chatelain and Second 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Microbacterium oxydans can grow at lower temperatures (4°C);^[7] however, it struggles to grow at higher temperatures (48°C).^[8]It has been found as an endophyte within plant tissues^[9].^[10]The bacterium is halotolerant with the ability to grow on media that is up to 10% sodium chloride.^[11]On a TSA (tryptic soy agar) plate, Microbacterium oxydans colonies exhibit a striking bright yellow color.^[12]