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Definition of micrococcus

Micrococcus
Micrococcus Mi`cro*coc"cus, n.; pl. Micrococci. [NL. See Micro-, and Coccus.] (Biol.) A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus. Note: Physiologically, micrococci are divided into three groups; chromogenic, characterized by their power of forming pigment; zymogenic, including those associated with definite chemical processes; and pathogenic, those connected with disease.

Meaning of micrococcus from wikipedia

- Micrococcus is a genus of bacteria in the Micrococcaceae family. Micrococcus occurs in a wide range of environments, including water, dust, and soil. Micrococci...
- C content. Micrococcus luteus is coagulase negative, bacitracin susceptible, and forms bright yellow colonies on nutrient agar. Micrococcus luteus has...
- Micrococcus lylae is a gram positive bacterium. The normal habitat for this Micrococcus species is skin, dust, and water. Its type strain is ATCC 27566...
- mucilaginosa can easily be confused for the bacteria from the genera Micrococcus and Staphylococcus. One way that it can be distinguished from those two...
- S. Shivaji (1996). "The major carotenoid pigment of a psychrotrophic Micrococcus roseus strain: Fluorescence properties of the pigment and its binding...
- originally named Micrococcus kristinae, and was named after the person from which it was first isolated (Kristin Holding). (Micrococcus lylae was also first...
- durare, meaning "radiation surviving". The species was formerly called Micrococcus radiodurans. As a consequence of its hardiness, it has been nicknamed...
- Serratia marcescens (/səˈreɪʃiə mɑːrˈsɛsɪnz/)[failed verification] is a species of rod-shaped, Gram-negative bacteria in the family Yersiniaceae. It is...
- in 1922, and along with it a bacterium he named Micrococcus lysodeikticus, later renamed Micrococcus luteus. Fleming was knighted for his scientific achievements...
- Acinetobacter calcoaceticus "Micrococcus calco-aceticus" Beijerinck 1911 Synonyms Neisseria winogradskyi Moraxella calcoacetica Micrococcus calcoaceticus Herellea...