Agrococcus

Agrococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Micrococcales
Family:	Microbacteriaceae
Genus:	Agrococcus Groth et al. 1996
Type species
Agrococcus jenensis Groth et al. 1996
Species
See text.

Agrococcus is a genus of gram-positive bacteria the phylum Actinomycetota (Bacteria).

Etymology

The name Agrococcus derives from:
Greek noun agros, field or soil; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Agrococcus a coccus from soil.

A group at the University of British Columbia completed the first draft genome of a bacterium from the genus Agrococcus, which was isolated from modern microbialites found within Pavilion Lake, BC.

Species

The genus contains 9 species, namely

• A. baldri ( Zlamala et al. 2002; Neo-Latin genitive case noun baldri, of Baldr, ancient German god of light, referring to the photochromogenic behavior.)
• A. carbonis (Dhanjal et al. 2010; Latin genitive case noun carbonis of charcoal or coal; referring to the fact it was isolated from the soil of a coal mine.
• A. casei ( Bora et al. 2007,;: Latin genitive case noun casei, of cheese, named because the organism was isolated from smear-ripened cheeses.)
• A. citreus ( Wieser et al. 1999; Latin masculine gender adjective citreus, of or pertaining to the citron-tree; intended to mean lemon-yellow, describing the lemon-yellow pigmentation.)
• A. jejuensis ( Lee 2008; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective jejuensis, of or belonging to Jeju, Republic of Korea, where the type strain was isolated.)
• A. jenensis ( Groth et al. 1996, (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective jenensis, of or belonging to the Thuringian town Jena, where the organism was isolated.)
• A. lahaulensis ( Mayilraj et al. 2006; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective lahaulensis, of or pertaining to Lahaul Valley, located in the Indian Himalayas, where the type strain was isolated.)
• A. pavilionensis (White III et al. 2018; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective pavilionensis, of or pertaining to Pavilion Lake, located in Southeastern British Columbia, where the type strain was isolated.)
• A. terreus ( Zhang et al. 2010; Latin masculine gender adjective terreus, of earth.)
• A. versicolor ( Behrendt et al. 2008; Latin masculine gender adjective versicolor, colour changing.)

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References