Micrococcaceae

The family Micrococcaceae includes bacterial genera of Gram positive cocci that inhabit the air and skin, such as Micrococcus luteus.

Micrococcaceae
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Micrococcaceae
Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)[1]
Type genus
Micrococcus
Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)
Genera

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Yaniellaceae Li et al. 2008
  • Yaniaceae Li et al. 2005

Genera

The family Micrococcaceae comprises the following genera:[2]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature[2] and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences.[3][lower-alpha 1]

Micrococcaceae

Nesterenkonia

Yaniella

Micrococcus

Rothia

Kocuria

Paeniglutamicibacter

Glutamicibacter

Haematomicrobium

Tersicoccus

Acaricomes

Renibacterium

Sinomonas

Paenarthrobacter

Arthrobacter

Pseudarthrobacter

outgroup

Brevibacteriaceae

Notes

  1. Auritidibacter, Citricoccus, Enteractinococcus, Falsarthrobacter, Galactobacter, Garicola, Micrococcoides, Neomicrococcus, Pseudoglutamicibacter, Psychromicrobium, Specibacter, and Zhihengliuella are not included in this phylogenetic tree.[3]

References

  1. Pribram E. (1929). "A contribution to the classification of microorganisms". Journal of Bacteriology. 18 (6): 361–394. doi:10.1128/jb.18.6.361-394.1929. PMC 375089. PMID 16559403.
  2. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Micrococcaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 18, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk H-P, Goodfellow M, Markus Göker M. (2018). "Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria". Front. Microbiol. 9: 2007. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007. PMC 6113628. PMID 30186281.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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