Macrococcus

Macrococcus is a genus of bacteria. The cells are coccoid or spherical. Macrococcus is gram-positive. It is catalase and oxidase-positive.[2]

Macrococcus
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Macrococcus

Kloos et al. 1998
Type species
M. equipercicus
Species

Macrococcus bovicus
Macrococcus brunensis
Macrococcus canis[1]
Macrococcus carouselicus
Macrococcus caseolyticus
Macrococcus equipercicus
Macrococcus hajekii
Macrococcus lamae

References

  1. Gobeli Brawand, S. Macrococcus canis sp. nov., a skin bacterium associated with infections in dogs.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 67 (3) (March 2017). p. 621–626. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001673.
  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