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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.gbm00119

Abstract: 

Ci.tri.coc'cus. L. n. citrus lemon, citron or citrus, an African tree; N.L. masc. n. coccus a sphere; N.L. masc. n. Citricoccus lemon-yellow-pigmented coccus.

Actinobacteria / Actinobacteria / Micrococcales / Micrococcaceae / Citricoccus

Cocci, occurring singly, in short chains or in clusters, about 1 µm in diameter; cells are nonmotile, Gram-stain-positive, non-spore-forming, and aerobic. Oxidase-negative and catalasepositive.

DNA G+C content (mol%): 63.8–68.

Type species: Citricoccus muralis Altenburger, Kämpfer, Schumann, Steiner, Lubitz and Busse 2002, 2099^VP.

Harvard Citation style: Busse, H. and Kämpfer, P. (2015) Citricoccus, in Whitman, W. (ed.) Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00119

APA Citation style: Busse, H., & Kämpfer, P. (2015). Citricoccus. In Whitman, W. (Ed.), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00119