Micrococcaceae
| Micrococcaceae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Micrococcales |
| Family: | Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980) | |
| Genera | |
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See text. | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Micrococcaceae, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós), meaning "small", and κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "sphere", includes bacterial genera of Gram positive cocci that inhabit the air and skin, such as Micrococcus luteus.
Genera
[edit]The family Micrococcaceae comprises the following genera:[2]
- Acaricomes Pukall et al. 2006
- Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)
- Auritidibacter Yassin et al. 2011
- Citricoccus Altenburger et al. 2002
- Enteractinococcus Cao et al. 2012
- Falsarthrobacter Busse and Moore 2018
- Galactobacter Hahne et al. 2019
- Garicola Lo et al. 2015
- Glutamicibacter Busse 2016
- Haematomicrobium Schumann and Busse 2017
- Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995
- Micrococcoides Tóth et al. 2017
- Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)
- Neomicrococcus Prakash et al. 2015
- Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995
- Paenarthrobacter Busse 2016
- Paeniglutamicibacter Busse 2016
- Pseudarthrobacter Busse 2016
- Pseudoglutamicibacter Busse 2016
- Psychromicrobium Schumann et al. 2017
- Renibacterium Sanders and Fryer 1980
- Rothia Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)
- Sinomonas Zhou et al. 2009
- Specibacter Lee and Schumann 2019
- Tersicoccus Vaishampayan et al. 2013
- Yaniella Li et al. 2008
- Zafaria Amin et al. 2021
- Zhihengliuella Zhang et al. 2007
Phylogeny
[edit]The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature[2] and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences.[3][a]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Pribram E. (1929). "A contribution to the classification of microorganisms". Journal of Bacteriology. 18 (6): 361–394. doi:10.1128/jb.18.6.361-394.1929. PMC 375089. PMID 16559403.
- 1 2 3 Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Micrococcaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- 1 2 Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Markus Göker M (2018). "Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria". Front. Microbiol. 9: 2007. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007. PMC 6113628. PMID 30186281.
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