n 1  cap  :  a genus of minute nonmotile gram-positive thermoduric bacteria closely related to or included in the family Corynebacteriaceae that are common in dairy products and the mammalian intestinal tract  2  pl  -ria   :  any of numerous minute heat-resistant bacteria : specif  :  any bacterium of the genus Microbacterium .
 
 
 
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