A yellow-pigmented coryneform rod was isolated from the blood of a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who was perfused with a central venous catheter. The culture bottles were positive twice, at a 2-month interval. The isolate was identified as a Microbacterium sp. and studied along with five other similar strains. Phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, and genetic characteristics indicated that they are closely related to Microbacterium oxydans but that they belong to a distinct species, for which the name Microbacterium paraoxydans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of M. paraoxydans is CF36T = DSM 15019T. The G+C content of its DNA is 69.9 mol%.
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Laffineur, K., Avesani, V., Cornu, G., Charlier, J., Janssens, M., Wauters, G., & Delmée, M. (2003). Bacteremia due to a novel Microbacterium species in a patient with leukemia and description of Microbacterium paraoxydans sp. nov. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41(5), 2242–2246. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.41.5.2242-2246.2003
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