Agrococcus is a genus of gram-positive bacteria the phylum Actinomycetota (Bacteria).
Etymology The name Agrococcus derives from:Greek noun agros, field or soil; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun , grain, seed), coccus; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Agrococcus a coccus from soil.
A group at the University of British Columbia completed the first draft genome of a bacterium from the genus Agrococcus, which was isolated from modern microbialites found within Pavilion Lake, BC.
Species The genus contains 9 species, namely A. baldri ( Zlamala et al. 2002; Neo-Latin genitive case noun baldri, of Baldr, ancient German god of light, referring to the photochromogenic behavior.) A. carbonis (Dhanjal et al. 2010; Latin genitive case noun carbonis of charcoal or coal; referring to the fact it was isolated from the soil of a coal mine. A. casei ( Bora et al. 2007,;: Latin genitive case noun casei, of cheese, named because the organism was isolated from smear-ripened cheeses.) A. citreus ( Wieser et al. 1999; Latin masculine gender adjective citreus, of or pertaining to the citron-tree; intended to mean lemon-yellow, describing the lemon-yellow pigmentation.) A. jejuensis ( Lee 2008; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective jejuensis, of or belonging to Jeju, Republic of Korea, where the type strain was isolated.) A. jenensis ( Groth et al. 1996, (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective jenensis, of or belonging to the Thuringian town Jena, where the organism was isolated.) A. lahaulensis ( Mayilraj et al. 2006; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective lahaulensis, of or pertaining to Lahaul Valley, located in the Indian Himalayas, where the type strain was isolated.) A. pavilionensis (White III et al. 2018; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective pavilionensis, of or pertaining to Pavilion Lake, located in Southeastern British Columbia, where the type strain was isolated.) A. terreus ( Zhang et al. 2010; Latin masculine gender adjective terreus, of earth.) A. versicolor ( Behrendt et al. 2008; Latin masculine gender adjective versicolor, colour changing.)
See also Bacterial taxonomy Microbiology
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