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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Lactobacillales |
| Family: | Enterococcaceae |
| Genus: | Melissococcus (ex White, 1912) Bailey and Collins, 1983 |
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Melissococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped lactic acid bacteria within the family Enterococcaceae. Melissococcus species were classified as Streptococcus until 1983 when Melissococcus was recognized as a distinct genus.23 Notable species include M. plutonius, which is a cause of European foulbrood (an infectious disease that primarily affects honeybees).4
References
References
- "Genus: Melissococcus". lpsn.dsmz.de.
- Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (2016). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomy of the species Melissococcus pluton (sic) (ex White 1912) Bailey and Collins 1983 and Melissococcus plutonius corrig. (ex White 1912) Bailey and Collins 1983". The NamesforLife Abstracts. CrossRef. doi:10.1601/tx.5558.
- Bailey, L.; Collins, M.D. (October 1982). "Reclassification of 'Streptococcus pluton' (White) in a new genus Melissococcus, as Melissococcus pluton nom. rev.; comb. nov". Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 53 (2): 215–217. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.1982.tb04679.x. ISSN 0021-8847.
- Vega, Fernando E. (2012). Insect pathology. Kaya, Harry K., Tanada, Yoshinori. (2nd ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-384984-7. OCLC 778786616.