''Microbacterium barkeri'' is a bacterium from the genus ''
Microbacterium
''Microbacterium'' is a genus of bacteria in the family Microbacteriaceae. Microbacteria are common contaminants of laboratory reagents, which can lead to their being misrepresented in microbiome
A microbiome () is the community of microo ...
'' which has been isolated from
domestic sewage and from smear from a cheeses.
[ ''Microbacterium barkeri'' has the ability to degrade ]polyvinyl alcohol
Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVOH, PVA, or PVAl) is a water-soluble synthetic polymer. It has the idealized formula H2CH(OH)sub>''n''. It is used in papermaking, textile warp sizing, as a thickener and emulsion stabilizer in polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) a ...
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External links
Type strain of ''Microbacterium barkeri'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacteria described in 1983
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