Renibacterium

Abstract

Re.ni.bac.te'ri.um. L. pl. n. renes the kidneys; L. neut. n. bacterium rod; N.L. neut. n. Renibacterium kidney bacterium. Actinobacteria / Actinobacteria / Micrococcales / Micrococcaceae / Renibacterium Short rods or cocco‐bacilli , 0.3–1.0 × 1.0–1.5 µm, often occurring in pairs (= diplococcobacilli) and short chains. Strongly Gram‐stain‐positive . Nonencapsulated. Nonmotile. Endospores are absent. DNA G + C content ( mol %): 53 ( T m ). Type species : Renibacterium salmoninarum Sanders and Fryer 1980, 501 VP .