Macrococcus

Macrococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Firmicutes
Class:
Bacilli
Order:
Bacillales
Family:
Staphylococcaceae
Genus:
Macrococcus

Kloos et al. 1998
Type species
M. equipercicus
Species

Macrococcus bovicus
Macrococcus brunensis
Macrococcus canis
Macrococcus carouselicus
Macrococcus caseolyticus
Macrococcus equipercicus
Macrococcus hajekii
Macrococcus lamae

Macrococcus is a genus of bacteria. The cells are coccoid or spherical. Macrococcus is gram-positive. It is catalase and oxidase-positive.

References

  1. ↑ Gobeli Brawand, S; Cotting, K; Gómez-Sanz, E; Collaud, A; Thomann, A; Brodard, I; Rodriguez-Campos, S; Strauss, C; Perreten, V (March 2017). "Macrococcus canis sp. nov., a skin bacterium associated with infections in dogs". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (3): 621–626. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001673. PMID 27902286.
  2. ↑ Paul Vos, George Garrity, Dorothy Jones, Noel R. Krieg, Wolfgang Ludwig, Fred A. Rainey, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, William B. Whitman: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Volume 3. New York: Springer, 2001. page 354. ISBN 978-0387950419