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Micrococcaceae

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Micrococcaceae /Mi·cro·coc·ca·ceae/ (-kok-a´se-e) a family of gram-positive, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the order Eubacteriales, made up of spherical cells dividing primarily in two or three planes.
Mi·cro·coc·ca·ce·ae (mkr-k-ks-)
n.
A family of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic bacteria containing gram-positive spherical cells that occur singly or in pairs, tetrads, irregular masses, or chains, and that include free-living, saprophytic, parasitic, and pathogenic species.

Micrococcaceae [mi″kro-kok-a´se-e]
a family of gram-positive, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic bacteria containing the genera Staphylococcus and Micrococcus.

Micrococcaceae
a family of gram-positive, catalase-positive, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic spherical bacteria, containing Staphylococcus and Micrococcus.


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