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Kocuria varians

Kocuria varians

Catalogue No.

NCTC 7564

Current Name

Kocuria varians

Type Strain

Type Strain

Original Strain Reference

G 33

Culture Conditions

Growth Conditions on Solid Media

Nutrient agar

Biological and Genomic Info

Fermentation

Sucrose: -

Gram Stain Result

Positive

Enzyme Tests

Catalase: +

Coagulase: -

Cytochrome C oxidase: -

Gelatinase: -

Lecithinase / alpha: -

Strain Data

(ATCC 15306) Type strain / T. Gibson, Edinburgh in 1948 / Group III A / Abd-el-Malek, Y. & Gibson, T. (1948) J. Dairy Res. 15, 249 / Shaw, C. et al. (1951) J. gen. Microbiol. 5, 1010

Colony Appearance

Smooth, Shiny

Additional Info

Accession Date

01/01/1948

Depositor

GIBSON T

History

GIBSON T, EDINBURGH

Previous Catalogue Name

Micrococcus varians

Applications

Bibliography

SHAW C ET AL 1951 J GEN MICROBIOL 5 5; ABD-EL-MALEK Y & GIBSON T 1948 J

Extended Bibliography

Stackebrandt,E, Koch,C, Gvozdiak,O, Schumann,P., (1995), Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend, Int J Syst Bacteriol, 682-92, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7547287 Pfennig,N, Trüper,H.G., (1971), Type and neotype strains of the species of phototrophic bacteria maintained in pure culture., Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 19-24 Stackebrandt,E, Koch,C, Gvozdiak,O, Schumann,P., (1995), Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend, Int J Syst Bacteriol, 682-92, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/96016721 Skerman,V.B.D, McGowan,V, Sneath,P.H.A.(ed), (1980), Approved Lists of Bacterial Names., Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 225-420 Schleifer,K.H, Heise,W, Meyer,S.A., (1979), Deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization studies among some micrococci., FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 33-36 Schleifer,K.H, Kandler,O., (1970), Amino acid sequence of the murein of Planococcus and other Micrococcaceae., J. Bacteriol., 387-392 Silvestri,L.G, Hill,L.R., (1965), Agreement between deoxyribonucleic acid base composition and taxometric classification of Gram-positive cocci., J. Bacteriol., 136-140 Stackebrandt,E, Koch,C, Gvozdiak,O, Schumann,P., (1995), Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend., Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 682-692

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

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