Paenibacillus is a genus of facultative anaerobic, endospore-forming bacteria, originally included within the genus Bacillus and then reclassified as a separate genus in 1993. Bacteria belonging to this genus have been detected in a variety of environments, such as: soil, water, rhizosphere, vegetable matter, forage and insect larvae, as well as clinical samples. The name reflects: Latin paene means almost, so the paenibacilli are literally "almost bacilli". The genus includes P. larvae, which causes American foulbrood in honeybees, P. polymyxa, which is capable of fixing nitrogen, so is used in agriculture and horticulture, the Paenibacillus sp. JDR-2 which is a rich source of chemical agents for biotechnology applications, and pattern-forming strains such as P. vortex and P. dendritiformis discovered in the early 90s, which develop complex colonies with intricate architectures as shown in the pictures:
Enterobacter cloacae is a clinically significant Gram-negative, facultatively-anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium.
Microbacterium is a genus of bacteria in the family Microbacteriaceae. Microbacteria are common contaminants of laboratory reagents, which can lead to their being misrepresented in microbiome data.
Alcanivorax pacificus is a pyrene-degrading marine gammaproteobacterium. It is of the genus Alcanivorax, a group of marine bacteria known for degrading hydrocarbons. When originally proposed, the genus Alcanivorax comprised six distinguishable species. However, A. pacificus, a seventh strain, was isolated from deep sea sediments in the West Pacific Ocean by Shanghai Majorbio Bio-pharm Technology Co., Ltd. in 2011. A. pacificus’s ability to degrade hydrocarbons can be employed for cleaning up oil-contaminated oceans through bioremediation. The genomic differences present in this strain of Alcanivorax that distinguish it from the original consortium are important to understand to better utilize this bacteria for bioremediation.
Rhodococcus erythropolis is a bacterium species in the genus Rhodococcus. It is Gram-positive. R. erythropolis has been isolated from the air of the Russian Space Laboratory Mir along with a large number of other microorganisms that steadily accumulated during the lifespan of the station. Rhodococcus bacteria are known to degrade organic compounds contained in the rubber used aboard the space station with specialized enzymes. This can lead to degradation of critical components and necessitates replacement of the parts or preventive measures dealing with microbial contamination.
Microbacterium aquimaris is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming and non-motile bacterium from the genus Microbacterium which has been isolated from seawater from Jeju in Korea. the major menaquinones of Microbacterium aquimaris are MK-11, MK-12 and MK-10.
Microbacterium aurantiacum is a bacterium from the genus Microbacterium which has been isolated from sewage.
Microbacterium foliorum is a bacterium from the genus Microbacterium which has been isolated from the phyllosphere of grasses in Germany.
Microbacterium ginsengisoli is a Gram-positive, heterotrophic, strictly aerobic bacterium from the genus Microbacterium which has been isolated from soil from a ginseng field in Daejeon, South Korea.
Microbacterium gubbeenense is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, non-spore-forming and non-motile bacterium from the genus Microbacterium which has been isolated from the surface of a smear-ripened cheese in Ireland.
Microbacterium hominis is a bacterium from the genus Microbacterium which has been isolated from lung aspirate.
Microbacterium hydrocarbonoxydans is a Gram-positive and Crude oil-degrading bacterium from the genus Microbacterium which has been isolated from oil contaminated soil in Germany.
Microbacterium kribbense is a Gram-positive and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Microbacterium which has been isolated from soil from the Bigeum Island in Korea.
Microbacterium lacus is a bacterium from the genus Microbacterium which has been isolated from sediments from the Shinji lake from the Shimane Prefecture in Japan. Microbacterium lacus has the ability to degrade sulfadiazine.
Microbacterium esteraromaticum is a rod shaped, gram positive species of bacteria under genus Microbacterium. Its G+C content of DNA is 69.3 to 69.7 mol%. It has other name, that is Flavobacterium esteraromaticum. In a culture of 30 degree Celsius it grows best.
Microbacterium natoriense is a Gram-positive and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Microbacterium which has been isolated from soil from Natori in Japan. Microbacterium natoriense produces D-aminoacylase.
Microbacterium oleivorans is a Gram-positive and crude-oil-degrading bacterium from the genus Microbacterium which has been isolated from an oil storage cavern in Germany.
Microbacterium resistens is a bacterium from the genus Microbacterium which has been isolated from a corneal ulcer in Zürich, Switzerland.
Microbacterium xylanilyticum is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, xylan-degrading and non-motile bacterium from the genus Microbacterium which has been isolated from sludge in Cheongju in Korea.
Brachybacterium is a genus of Gram positive, nonmotile bacteria. The cells are coccoid during the stationary phase, and irregular rods during the exponential phase. The genus name comes from Greek word brachy, meaning short, and Latin bacterium, meaning rods, referencing the short rods noted during the exponential phase.
