Microbacterium oxydans

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Gram stain Culture

General information
- Microbacteria account for the majority of yellow-pigmented coryneform bacteria isolated from clinical samples
  
  Taxonomy
  Family:Microbacteriaceae
  
  Natural habitats
  Occur in the environment and in dairy products.
  
  Clinical significance
  Rarely causes an infection, but the infection can be serious.
  
  Have been isolated from blood cultures, foreign-body infections, wound infections.
Gram stain
- Gram positive irregular (short) rods,
  
  lying single, in groups, or in irregular V-shape.
  
  In older cultures the rods are shorter.
Culture characteristics
- Obligate aerobic
  
  BA: colonies have a yellow pigment, in various shades, from pale yellow to bright yellow, and orange.
  
  McConkey: growth
  
  BBAØ: no growth (sometimes weak)
Characteristics
References
- James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition