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The Genus Micrococcus

  • Firmicutes with High GC Content of DNA
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The genus Micrococcus consists of Gram-positive spheres occurring in tetrads and in irregular clusters that are usually nonmotile and nonsporeforming. They are catalase positive and usually aerobic with strictly respiratory metabolism. Most species produce carotenoid pigments. The GC content of the DNA ranges from 65 to 75 mol%. There are nine species recognized in the genus (see later, Table 2). The data on GC content of the DNA, chemical cell wall analysis, and a comparative analysis of 16S rRNA sequences indicate that the genus Micrococcus is more closely related to the genus Arthrobacter than it is to other coccoid genera such as Staphylococcus and Planococcus (Keddie, 1974; Kloos et al., 1974; Kocur et al., 1971; Stackebrandt and Woese, 1979). For these reasons it cannot be included with the genera Staphylococcus and Planococcus in the same family Micrococcaceae. Therefore, both the genus Micrococcus and the genus Arthrobacter should be regarded as closely related, but separate genera.

Table 2. Abbreviated scheme for the differentiation of species of the genus Micrococcus.a
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  2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University Medical School, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild, D039, Stanford, CA, 94305-5124, USA

    Stanley Falkow

  3. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, 69978, Israel

    Eugene Rosenberg

  4. Department of Microbiology, Technical University Munich, 80290, Munich, Germany

    Karl-Heinz Schleifer

  5. DSMZ- German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Mascheroder Weg 1b, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany

    Erko Stackebrandt

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Kocur, M., Kloos, W.E., SCHLEIFER, KH. (2006). The Genus Micrococcus. In: Dworkin, M., Falkow, S., Rosenberg, E., Schleifer, KH., Stackebrandt, E. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30743-5_37

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