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Microbacterium gubbeenense sp. nov., from the surface of a smear-ripened cheese.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Nov 2001
Brennan N M, Brown R, Goodfellow M, Ward A C, Beresford T P, Vancanneyt M, Cogan T M, Fox P F
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic and phylogenetic studies were performed on 11 strains of a Microbacterium-like organism isolated from the surface of a smear-ripened cheese. The isolates were Gram-positive, catalase-positive, facultatively anaerobic, oxidase-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile, small, slender rods and grew in 12% (w/v) NaCl. Chemotaxonomic investigation revealed that all the isolates belonged unambiguously to the...
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