Micrococcus lylae is a gram positive bacterium. The normal habitat for this Micrococcus species is skin, dust, and water. Its type strain is ATCC 27566. It grows in tetrads, irregular clusters, and cubical packets of eight, and colonies are often brightly pigmented. They are strictly aerobic.
See also Kocuria kristinae
References
External links Vumicro entry PATHOGEN SAFETY DATA SHEET – PHAC UniProt entry StrainInfo entry Type strain of Micrococcus lylae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase