Micrococcaceae

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The family Micrococcaceae includes bacterial genera of Gram positive cocci that inhabit the air and skin, such as Micrococcus luteus.

Micrococcaceae
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Micrococcaceae
Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)[1]
Type genus
Micrococcus
Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)
Genera

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Synonyms[2]
  • Yaniellaceae Li et al. 2008
  • Yaniaceae Li et al. 2005

Genera

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The family Micrococcaceae comprises the following genera:[2]

Phylogeny

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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

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  1. ^ Auritidibacter, Citricoccus, Enteractinococcus, Falsarthrobacter, Galactobacter, Garicola, Micrococcoides, Neomicrococcus, Pseudoglutamicibacter, Psychromicrobium, Specibacter, and Zhihengliuella are not included in this phylogenetic tree.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Micrococcaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  3. ^ a b 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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