Agrococcus

Agrococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Actinobacteria"
Class:	Actinobacteria
Subclass:	Actinobacteridae
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Micrococcineae
Family:	Microbacteriaceae
Genus:	Agrococcus
Binomial name
Agrococcus Groth et al. 1996
Type species
A. jenensis

Agrococcus is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria).

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

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

The genus contains 8 species, namely

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