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Microbacterium hatanonis

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Order
  
Actinomycetales

Genus
  
Microbacterium

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Actinobacteria

Suborder
  
Micrococcineae

Scientific name
  
Microbacterium hatanonis

Family
  
Microbacteriaceae Park et al. 1995

Similar
  
Ghost slug, Satomi's pygmy seahorse, Coffea charrieriana, Tahina spectabilis, Phobaeticus chani

Microbacterium hatanonis is a bacterium of the family Microbacteriaceae. The type strain, FCC-01T (=JCM 14558T =DSM 19179T), was discovered living in hair spray.

M. hatanonis was selected as one of "The Top 10 New Species" described in 2008 by The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and an international committee of taxonomists.

Etymology

Named in honor of Dr. Kazunori Hatano, "for his contribution to the understanding of the genus Microbacterium."

References

Microbacterium hatanonis Wikipedia