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KocuriaRANK: GenusTAXONOMY: Bacteria -> Terrabacteria group -> Actinobacteria -> Actinobacteria -> Micrococcales -> Micrococcaceae -> Kocuria OVERVIEW: Cells coccoid. Gram-stain-positive. Nonencapsulated. Endospores not formed. Nonmotile. Chemo-organotrophic; metabolism is strictly respiratory. Aerobic; strains of one species are slightly facultatively anaerobic. Catalase-positive. Nonhalophilic. Mesophilic. The peptidoglycan type is A3α (l-Lys–l-Ala3–4). Mycolic acids and teichoic acids are absent. Menaquinones are hydrogenated; the predominant menaquinones are MK-7(H2), MK-8, or MK-9(H2), either alone or in combination. Polar lipids include diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol; phosphatidylinositol is present in one species. The major fatty acid is C15:0 anteiso. DNA G+C content (mol%): 66–75. Type species: Kocuria rosea Identified as constituent of skin microbiome. [PMC2746716] This genus contains microbial species that can reside in the human gastrointestinal tract. [PMC 4262072]
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