microbacterium oxydans microbacterium oxydans microbacterium oxydans is a gram-positive bacterium from the genus microbacterium which occurs in human clinical specimens. microbacterium oxydans has the ability to degrade alginate and laminarin. microbacterium oxydans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: micrococcales family: microbacteriaceae genus: microbacterium species: m. oxydans binomial name microbacterium oxydans(chatelain and second 1966) schumann et al. 1999 type strain bcrc 12117ccrc 12117cip 66.12cip 66.12tcip 6612dsm 20578iam 15197ifo 15586jcm 12414kctc 3256lmg 23389nbrc 15586ncib 9944ncimb 9944nrrl b-24236vkm ac-2116x98 synonyms brevibacterium oxydans chatelain and second 1966 (approved lists 1980)