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Appeared in: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria

Editor list: Whitman, WB

Publication year: 2015

eISBN: 978-1-118-96060-8

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00092

Abstract: 

Ag.ro.coc'cus. Gr. n. agros field or soil; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos grain, seed) coccus; N.L. masc. n. Agrococcus a coccus from soil.

Actinobacteria / Actinobacteria / Micrococcales / Microbacteriaceae / Agrococcus

Irregular, spherical, ovoid or short rods, 0.7–1.0 µm in diameter and 1.1–1.7 µm in length. Cells occur singly and in pairs, short flexible chains, or small irregular clusters. Nonsporeforming. Gram-stain-positive and nonmotile. Aerobic or microaerobic. Colonies are circular, convex, and smooth; the pigmentation varies between white, cream, yellow, and orange depending on culture conditions. Colony size ranges from 2–7 mm. Catalase-positive; oxidase-negative.

DNA G+C content (mol%): 65–75.

Type species: Agrococcus jenensis Groth, Schumann, Weiss, Martin and Rainey 1996, 239^VP.

Harvard Citation style: Kämpfer, P. and Busse, H. (2015) Agrococcus, in Whitman, W. (ed.) Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Chichester: John Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00092

APA Citation style: Kämpfer, P., & Busse, H. (2015). Agrococcus. In Whitman, W. (Ed.), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00092