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Micrococcoides hystricis

Micrococcoides hystricis is a Gram-positive species of bacteria from the family Micrococcaceae which has been isolated from the faeces of an Indian crested porcupine from the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden in Hungary.

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Micrococcoides hystricis
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Micrococcaceae
Genus: Micrococcoides
Tóth et al. 20171
Species:
M. hystricis
Binomial name
Micrococcoides hystricis
Tóth et al. 20171
Type strain
DSM 29785
NCAIM B.02604
TSL32

Micrococcoides hystricis is a Gram-positive species of bacteria from the family Micrococcaceae which has been isolated from the faeces of an Indian crested porcupine from the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden in Hungary.123

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  1. Tóth, Ákos; Baka, Erzsébet; Bata-Vidács, Ildikó; Luzics, Szabina; Kosztik, Judit; Tóth, Erika; Kéki, Zsuzsa; Schumann, Peter; Táncsics, András; Nagy, István; Sós, Endre; Kukolya, József (1 August 2017). "Micrococcoides hystricis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Micrococcaceae, phylum Actinobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (8): 2758–2765. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002018. PMID 28853684.
  2. "Genus: Micrococcoides". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
  3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (2017). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomy of the genus Micrococcoides Tóth et al. 2017". doi:10.1601/tx.30562. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)