Agrococcus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | "Actinobacteria" |
Class: | Actinobacteria |
Subclass: | Actinobacteridae |
Order: | Actinomycetales |
Suborder: | Micrococcineae |
Family: | Microbacteriaceae |
Genus: | Agrococcus |
Binomial name | |
Agrococcus Groth et al. 1996 |
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Type species | |
A. jenensis |
Agrococcus is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria).
The name Agrococcus derives from:
Greek noun agros, field or soil; New Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; New Latin masculine gender noun Agrococcus a coccus from soil.
The first draft genome of the genus Agrococcus was completed by a group at the University of British Columbia that was isolated from modern microbialites found within Pavilion Lake, BC.
The genus contains 8 species, namely