Micrococcaceae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
Class: | Actinobacteria |
Subclass: | Actinobacteridae |
Order: | Actinomycetales |
Suborder: | Micrococcineae |
Family: |
Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 |
Genera | |
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The family Micrococcaceae includes bacterial genera of Gram positive cocci that inhabit the air and skin, such as Micrococcus luteus.
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 by 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project
Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995
Rothia Georg and Brown 1967
Arthrobacter species-group 2
Arthrobacter echigonensis Ding et al. 2009
Sinomonas [incl. Arthrobacter albidus]
Arthrobacter species-group 3
Citricoccus Altenburger et al. 2002 emend. Nielsen et al. 2011
Arthrobacter species-group 4
Auritidibacter ignavus Yassin et al. 2011
Yaniella Li et al. 2008
Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995 emend. Li et al. 2005
Zhihengliuella Zhang et al. 2007 emend. Tang et al. 2009
Micrococcus Cohn 1872 emend. Wieser et al. 2002
Arthrobacter species-group 1 [incl. Acaricomes phytoseiuli & Renibacterium salmoninarum]
The recently described genus Tersicoccus is of uncertain relationships, but probably closest to one of the Arthrobacter lineages.