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micrococci

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micrococci
any bacteria belonging to the family Micrococcaceae.


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quot;Bad" bacteria for our discussion include corynebacteria and micrococci, the bacteria that cause unpleasant body odors and the odors emanating from your shoes.
No internal labeling of nonpathogenic staphylococci and micrococci was observed, and it was suggested that transferrin-mediated transport processes were involved in cell-specific uptake.
Assignment to the genus Kytococcus was suggested by the arginine dihydrolase activity and resistance to oxacillin, 2 characteristics that are not shared by other micrococci (3).
 
 
 
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