microbacterium

noun

mi·cro·bac·te·ri·um | \ -bak-ˈtir-ē-əm

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Medical Definition of microbacterium

1 capitalized : a genus of minute nonmotile gram-positive thermotolerant bacteria closely related to or included in the family Corynebacteriaceae that are common in dairy products and the mammalian intestinal tract

2 plural microbacteria\ -ē-ə

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\ : any of numerous minute heat-resistant bacteria specifically : any bacterium of the genus Microbacterium

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