| Microbacterium | |
|---|---|
|   | |
| Microbacterium gubbeenense on agar plate | |
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Bacteria | 
| Kingdom: | Bacillati | 
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota | 
| Class: | Actinomycetia | 
| Order: | Micrococcales | 
| Family: | Microbacteriaceae | 
| Genus: |  Microbacterium  Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) [1] [2]  | 
| Type species | |
|  Microbacterium lacticum  Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)  | |
| Species | |
See text.  | |
| Synonyms [3] [4] | |
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Microbacterium is a genus of bacteria in the family Microbacteriaceae. [1] [2] Microbacteria are common contaminants of laboratory reagents, which can lead to their being misrepresented in microbiome data. [5]
Microbacterium comprises the following species: [3]