Microbacterium hatanonis

Microbacterium hatanonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Micrococcineae
Family:	Microbacteriaceae Park et al. 1995
Genus:	Microbacterium
Species:	M. hatanonis
Binomial name
Microbacterium hatanonis

Microbacterium hatanonis is a bacterium of the family Microbacteriaceae. The type strain, FCC-01T (=JCM 14558T =DSM 19179T), was discovered living in hair spray.^[1][2]

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.^[2]

Etymology

Named in honor of Dr. Kazunori Hatano, "for his contribution to the understanding of the genus Microbacterium."^[2]

References

1. ^ Mohammad Abdul Bakir, Takuji Kudo and Yoshimi Benno. (2008). "Microbacterium hatanonis sp. nov., isolated as a contaminant of hairspray". International Journal of Systemic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58 (Pt 3): 654–658. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65160-0. PMID 18319473. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} http://species.asu.edu/2009_species10

External links

• Arizona State University - International Institute for Species Exploration