Micrococcaceae Explained

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

Genera

The family Micrococcaceae comprises the following genera:^[1]

• 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

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature^[1] and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences.^[2]

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser

Notes and References

1. Web site: Euzéby JP, Parte AC . Micrococcaceae . June 18, 2021 . List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).
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 . 30186281 . 6113628 . 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007. free .