| Cross Index | Brachybacterium faecium |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Irregular, Nonsporing Gram-Positive Rods |
| Compare | Acetobacterium Acetogenium
kivui,
Actinomyces Aeromicrobium
erythreum
Agromyces
ramosus
Arachnia
propionica,
Arcanobacterium
haemolyticum,
Arthrobacter, Aureobacterium, Bifidobacterium, Brachybacterium
faecium, Brevibacterium, Butyrivibrio, Caseobacter
polymorphus,
Cellulomonas ,Clavibacter, Coriobacterium
glomerans,
Corynebacterium, Curtobacterium, Dermobacter
hominus,
Eubacterium, Exigouibacterium
aurantiacum,
Falcivibrio, Gardnerella, Jonsia
denitrificans,
Lachnospira
multiparus,
Microbacterium, Mobiluncus, Pimelobacter, Proprionibacterium, Rarobacter
faecitabidus
, Rothia
dentocariosa,
Rubrobacter
radiotolerans,
Sphaerobacter
thermophilus
, Terrabacter
tumescens,
Thermoanaerobacter
ethanolicus,
Thermoanaerobium
brockii Very similar to Brevibacterium |
| Contrast | Archaea |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Brachybacterium faecium |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram positive, not acid fast |
| Morphology | Irregularly shaped slender rods in young cultures that segement into cocci in old stationary phase cultures |
| Motility | non motile |
| Specialized structures | no spores |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | colonies white or pale yellow |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Brachybacterium faecium |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemoorganotropic with respiratory metabolism |
| Oxygen | aerobe |
| pH | |
| Temperature | optimum 25-30 oC |
| Requirements | |
| Products | may reduce nitrates, acid from glucose and some other carbohydrates |
| Enzymes | catalase positive, oxidase negative |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | isolated from poultry litter |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Brachybacterium faecium |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Brachybacterium faecium |
| First citation | Collins at al 1988 IJSB 38:45-48 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 574 |
| References |