| Micrococcus lylae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Micrococcales |
| Family: | Micrococcaceae |
| Genus: | Micrococcus |
| Species: | M. lylae
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| Binomial name | |
| Micrococcus lylae Kloos et al. 1974
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Micrococcus lylae is a gram positive bacterium.1 The normal habitat for this Micrococcus species is skin, dust, and water.2 Its type strain is ATCC 27566. It grows in tetrads, irregular clusters, and cubical packets of eight, and colonies are often brightly pigmented. They are strictly aerobic.
References
References
- Kloos, W. E.; Tornabene, T. G.; Schleifer, K. H. (1974). "Isolation and Characterization of Micrococci From Human Skin, Including Two New Species: Micrococcus lylae and Micrococcus kristinae". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 24 (1): 79–101. doi:10.1099/00207713-24-1-79. ISSN 0020-7713.
- Sneath, Peter (1986). Bergeys Manual of Systemic Bacteriology Volume 2.