medical Definition of microbacterium
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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
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plural microbacteria
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: any of numerous minute heat-resistant bacteria;
specifically
: any bacterium of the genus Microbacterium
