Macrococcus caseolyticus

Short description: Species of bacterium

Macrococcus caseolyticus

Scientific classification
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Template:Taxonomy/MacrococcusM. caseolyticus

Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/MacrococcusMacrococcus caseolyticus

Kloos et al., 1998

Macrococcus caseolyticus is a nonmotile, gram-positive cocci bacteria of the genus Micrococcus. They typically occur singly in pairs or short chains and clusters.[1]

M. caseolyticus are the most studied species in the genus Micrococcus. They have been used in the process of creating fermented foods, helping to develop flavor and aroma. They are commonly used as starter cultures in fermentation.[2]

They are nonpathogenic or opportunistic pathogens. Studies have shown that M. caseolyticus has genes associated with resistance to methicillin and other antibiotics in M. caseolytics and these resistance genes could be transferred into other bacteria in food, typically staphylococcal species.[2]

M. caseolyticus is phylogenetically related to Staphylococcus. It has a small chromosome of 2.1 MB and 8 plasmids.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Kloos, W. E.; Ballard, D. N.; George, C. G.; Webster, J. A.; Hubner, R. J.; Ludwig, W.; Schleifer, K. H.; Fiedler, F. et al. (1998). "Delimiting the genus Staphylococcus through description of Macrococcus caseolyticus gen. nov., comb. Nov. And Macrococcus equipercicus sp. nov., and Macrococcus bovicus sp. no. And Macrococcus carouselicus sp. nov.". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 48 Pt 3: 859–877. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-3-859. PMID 9734040.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ramos GLPA; Vigoder, H. C.; Nascimento, J. S. (2021). "Technological Applications of Macrococcus caseolyticus and its Impact on Food Safety". Current Microbiology 78 (1): 11–16. doi:10.1007/s00284-020-02281-z. PMID 33165661.
3. ↑ Baba, T.; Kuwahara-Arai, K.; Uchiyama, I.; Takeuchi, F.; Ito, T.; Hiramatsu, K. (2009). "Complete genome sequence of Macrococcus caseolyticus strain JCSCS5402, corrected reflecting the ancestral genome of the human-pathogenic staphylococci". Journal of Bacteriology 191 (4): 1180–1190. doi:10.1128/JB.01058-08. PMID 19074389.

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