Micrococcaceae

Family of bacteria

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

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

## Contents

* 1 Genera
* 2 Phylogeny
* 3 Notes
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Genera[edit]

The family Micrococcaceae comprises the following genera:[2]

* Acaricomes Pukall et al. 2006
* Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)
* Auritidibacter Yassin et al. 2011
* Citricoccus Altenburger et al. 2002
* Enteractinococcus Cao et al. 2012
* Falsarthrobacter Busse and Moore 2018
* Galactobacter Hahne et al. 2019
* Garicola Lo et al. 2015
* Glutamicibacter Busse 2016
* Haematomicrobium Schumann and Busse 2017
* Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995
* Micrococcoides Tóth et al. 2017
* Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)
* Neomicrococcus Prakash et al. 2015
* Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995
* Paenarthrobacter Busse 2016
* Paeniglutamicibacter Busse 2016
* Pseudarthrobacter Busse 2016
* Pseudoglutamicibacter Busse 2016
* Psychromicrobium Schumann et al. 2017
* Renibacterium Sanders and Fryer 1980
* Rothia Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)
* Sinomonas Zhou et al. 2009
* Specibacter Lee and Schumann 2019
* Tersicoccus Vaishampayan et al. 2013
* Yaniella Li et al. 2008
* Zafaria Amin et al. 2021
* Zhihengliuella Zhang et al. 2007

## Phylogeny[edit]

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][a]

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Nesterenkonia

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Yaniella

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Micrococcus

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Rothia

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Kocuria

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Paeniglutamicibacter

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Glutamicibacter

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Haematomicrobium

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Tersicoccus

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Acaricomes

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Renibacterium

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Sinomonas

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Paenarthrobacter

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Arthrobacter

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Pseudarthrobacter

outgroup |

Brevibacteriaceae

## Notes[edit]

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

## References[edit]

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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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)

## External links[edit]

* NCBI Taxonomy Browser

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Prokaryotes: Bacteria classification (phyla and superphyla)

Domain
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukaryota
(Supergroup
Plant
Hacrobia
Heterokont
Alveolata
Rhizaria
Excavata
Amoebozoa
Opisthokonta

Animal
Fungi)

Terrabacteria
(BV1, BV3, BV5)|

* Actinomycetota (BV5)
* Armatimonadota
* Bacillota (BV3)
* Chloroflexota (incl. Thermomicrobiota)
* "Cyanobacteria"
* Deinococcota
* "Dormibacterota"
* "Eremiobacterota"
* "Margulisbacteria"

Candidate Phyla Radiation
(CPR group)|

* ?"Elulota"
* "Patescibacteria"

"Thermotogida"|

* "Bipolaricaulota" (incl. "Acetothermia", "Fraserbacteria")
* Caldisericota (incl. Cryosericota)
* Coprothermobacterota
* Dictyoglomota
* Synergistota
* "Thermodesulfobiota"
* Thermotogota

Hydrobacteria
(BV2, BV4)|

| "Fusobacterida"|

* "Calescamantes"
* Campylobacterota
* "Dependentiae"
* Fusobacteriota

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Spirochaetobacteriobiontes|

* "Lindowbacteria"
* "Macinerneyibacteriota"
* "Muirbacteria"
* "Riflebacteria"
* Spirochaetota
* "Wallbacteria"

"Elusimicrobes"|

* "Aerophobetes"
* Atribacterota
* "Desantisbacteria"
* Elusimicrobiota
* "Firestonebacteria"
* "Goldbacteria"

Planctobacteria
(PVC group)|

* "Abyssubacteria"
* "Aureabacteria"
* "Coatesbacteria"
* Chlamydiota
* "Hydrogenedentes"
* "Omnitrophica"
* Planctomycetota
* "Poribacteria"
* "Ratteibacteria"
* ?"Saltatorellota"
* "Sumerlaeota"
* Verrucomicrobiota (incl. Kiritimatiellota, Lentisphaerota)

FCB group|

* Bacteroidota (incl. Balneolota, Chlorobiota, "Kapabacteria", "Kryptonia", Ignavibacteriota, Rhodothermota)
* Calditrichota
* "Cloacimonetes"
* "Delongbacteria"
* "Edwardsbacteria"
* "Eisenbacteria"
* "Fermentibacteria"
* Fibrobacterota (incl. "Raymondbacteria")
* Gemmatimonadota (incl. "Glassbacteria")
* "Hydrothermota" (incl. "Pyropristinus", "Stahlbacteria")
* "Krumholzibacteriota" (incl. "Delphibacteria")
* "Latescibacteria" (incl. "Handelsmanbacteria")
* ?"Marinimicrobia"
* "Marinisomatota"
* ?"Tianyabacteria"
* "Zixibacteria"

Proteobacteria|

* Acidobacteriota (incl. "Aminicenantes", "Fischerbacteria")
* "Acidulidesulfobacterales"
* Aquificota
* Bdellovibrionota
* "Binatota"
* "Caulobacterota"
* Chrysiogenota
* "Dadabacteria"
* Deferribacterota
* "Deferrisomatota"
* "Desulfobacterota" (incl. Thermodesulfobacteriota)
* Desulfovibrionia
* "Lambdaproteobacteria"
* "Leptospirillia"
* "Methylomirabilota" (incl. "Rokubacteria")
* "Modulibacteria"
* Myxococcota
* Nitrospinota
* Nitrospirota
* Pseudomonadota
* "Schekmanbacteria"
* Syntrophorhabdia
* "Tectomicrobia"
* "Thermosulfidibacterota"

Incertae
sedis|

| Phyla|

* "Fervidibacteria"
* "Salinosulfoleibacteria"
* "Teskebacteria"

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Genera|

* †Archaeosphaeroides
* †Eobacterium
* †Leptotrichites

* Source: Bergey's Manual (2001–2012)
* Alternative views: Wikispecies

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Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1365581
* Wikispecies: Micrococcaceae
* CoL: CQT
* EoL: 7895
* EPPO: 1MCOCF
* GBIF: 3836
* iNaturalist: 357040
* IRMNG: 108765
* ITIS: 330
* LPSN: micrococcaceae
* NCBI: 1268
* NZOR: fce7109c-57b0-4470-94f9-d717d1814cf4
* uBio: 5354218
* WoRMS: 559736

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