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Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Cocci > Micrococcaceae > Micrococcus

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Micrococcus  

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  • found in soil & fresh water & on mammalian skin

Scope note

  • A genus of gram-positive, spherical bacteria found in soils and fresh water, and frequently on the skin of man and other animals.

History note

  • GAFFKYA TETRAGENA was see MICROCOCCUS 1979-91; GAFFKYA was see under MICROCOCCACEAE 1976-78, was heading 1963-75

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