Morococcus is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).
Etymology The name Morococcus derives from: Latin noun morum, mulberry; New Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos (κόκκος), grain, seed), coccus; New Latin masculine gender noun Morococcus, the mulberry coccus.
Species The genus contains a single species, Morococcus cerebrosus (Long et al. 1981, (type species of the genus)). ; Latin masculine gender adjective cerebrosus, having a madness of the brain, hare-brained, hotbrained, passionate; intended to mean pertaining to the brain, the original source of isolation of this organism.http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/31/3/294
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