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Micrococcus luteus is a Gram-positive to Gram-variable, nonmotile, tetrad-arranging, pigmented, saprotrophic coccus bacterium in the family Micrococcaceae. [1] It is urease and catalase positive. An obligate aerobe , M. luteus is found in soil, dust, water and air, and as part of the normal microbiota of the mammalian skin.
Bacteria characterized by a huge diversity of morphology, starting with color, texture ending with shape of colony and their odor. In this photo we can see a plate with bacterial smears. From the left: Serratia marcescens, at the top: Micrococcus luteus and on the right: Staphylococcus epidermidis.
It can be difficult to identify Micrococcus as the cause of an infection, since the organism is normally present in skin microflora, and the genus is seldom linked to disease. In rare cases, death of immunocompromised patients has occurred from pulmonary infections caused by Micrococcus. Micrococci may be involved in other infections, including ...
The species and diversity of the microorganisms may be related to the various levels of hormones during pregnancy. Vaginal flora can be transmitted to babies during birth. Vaginal dysbiosis can lead to vaginal infections like bacterial vaginosis which makes one relatively susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases.
Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980) Neomicrococcus Prakash et al. 2015; Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995; Paenarthrobacter Busse 2016; Paeniglutamicibacter Busse 2016; Pseudarthrobacter Busse 2016; Pseudoglutamicibacter Busse 2016; Psychromicrobium Schumann et al. 2017; Renibacterium Sanders and Fryer 1980; Rothia Georg and Brown ...
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The final report of the U.K.'s infected blood inquiry was published on Monday, nearly six years after it began looking into how tens of thousands of people contracted HIV or hepatitis from ...
Salmonella. Salmonella enteritidis; Salmonella typhi; Salmonella typhimurium; Serratia marcescens; Shigella dysenteriae; Spirillum volutans; Staphylococcus