I don't have a Bergey's at my disposal here, Ashwan... but I'll certainly
accept their classification and their definition.
I'm not a student of any microbiological stuff personally, but it was one of
my mom's biggies in her agriculture studies at McGill... not that this is
any excuse for my speaking from ignorance, however innocent.
Thanks for the pointer. :-)
((U))
M
"Ashwan" <oook at rediffmail.com> wrote in message
news:FA5U9.528352$GR5.285323 at rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net...
>> "Michael" <muirhead at island.net> wrote in message
> news:avqklu01f0a at enews1.newsguy.com...> >
> > " S. marcescens" <styunrh at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote in message
> > news:Y24U9.1840$fC4.1542 at newsfep3-gui.server.ntli.net...> > > > > "Microbacterium" isn't a taxonomically-recognized genus of
> > > microorganism,
> > > > > nor is it even a word with a generally agreed upon real-world
> > > definition.
> > >
> > > Hi! Microbacterium actually is a recognised geneus of bacteria.
> > > According to the Wiley Dictionary of Microbiology and Microbiology
> it's a
> > > Gram positive, asporogenous, non-motile rods commonly found in
> milk.
> >
> > Wiley's is dead wrong, if I can be as bold as to say so. They're
> talking
> > about "mycobacteria" in the same way as G.W. Bush talks about
> "newkyuler"
> > weapons.
> >
> > Look it up... not in a dictionary, but in the actual taxomomy (and
> the
> > taxonomic history) of the planet's lifeforms.
> >
> > ((U))
> > M
>> Actually Michael... Microbacterium is a recognised species and you
> WILL find it in taxonomic histories.. and the dictionary S. was
> talking about was the Wiley Dictionary of Microbiology, not an
> ordinary English dictionary. But if there still is a problem with
> believing that, then the best source for bacterial taxonomy is
> Bergey's Manual. So here to (hopefully) end this... is the
> classifications from the March 2001 classification of Bergey's Manual,
> available at the Bergey's Manual Trust Home page at Michigan State
> University (http://www.cme.mse.edu/bergeys/)
>> Phylum Actinobacteria
> Class Actinobacteria
> Order Actinomycetales
> Family Microbacteriaceae
> Genus Microbacterium
>> er... and as I am a grad student at the Dept of Microbiology and
> Molecular Genetics at MSU, I can vouch for the veracity! :-)
>> Ashwan
>
