NCIt definition : A species of aerobic, Gram positive, coryneform bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria.
This species is motile, nonfermentative, forms yellow pigmented colonies, catalase
positive, oxidase negative and hydrolyzes esculin and gelatin. M. paraoxydans is pathogenic
and one of the most common species of Microbacterium to be isolated from clinical
specimens.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Microbacterium paraoxydans.;