Micrococcaceae

Translingual

Micrococcus luteus

Etymology

From Micrococcus +‎ -aceae.

Proper noun

Micrococcaceae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Micrococcales – some Gram-positive bacteria inhabiting the air and skin.

Hypernyms

• (family): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Posibacteria – subkingdom; Actinobacteriota – phylum; Actinomycetia – class; Micrococcales - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Micrococcus - type genus; Arthrobacter, Auritidibacter, Citricoccus, Enteractinococcus, Falsarthrobacter, Galactobacter, Garicola, Glutamicibacter, Haematomicrobium, Kocuria, Micrococcoides, Neomicrococcus, Nesterenkonia, Paenarthrobacter, Paeniglutamicibacter, Pelczaria, Pseudarthrobacter, Pseudoglutamicibacter, Psychromicrobium, Renibacterium, Rothia, Sinomonas, Specibacter, Tersicoccus, Yaniella, Zafaria, Zhihengliuella - other accepted genera

References

• Micrococcaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Micrococcaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Micrococcaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Micrococcaceae at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature