microbacterium hydrocarbonoxydans microbacterium hydrocarbonoxydans microbacterium hydrocarbonoxydans is a gram-positive and crude oil-degrading bacterium from the genus microbacterium which has been isolated from oil contaminated soil in germany. microbacterium hydrocarbonoxydans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: micrococcales family: microbacteriaceae genus: microbacterium species: m. hydrocarbonoxydans binomial name microbacterium hydrocarbonoxydansschippers et al. 2005 type strain bnp48cip 108713dsm 16089iam 15235jcm 14340nbrc 103074ncimb 14002