Micrococcus roseus

Micrococcus roseus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Family: Micrococcaceae
Genus: Micrococcus
Species: M. roseus
Binomial name
Micrococcus roseus

Micrococcus roseus is a gram positive bacterial cell that grows in the tetrad arrangement.[1] The normal habitat for this Micrococcus species is skin, soil, and water.[2] It derives its name from the carotenoid pigment that it secretes.[3] Isolated colonies on a TSA plate are circular, 1.0–1.5 mm in size, slightly convex, smooth, and pink in color. Optimal growth temperatures range from 25 to 35 degrees Celsius. Micrococcus roseus is a strictly aerobic organism.[4]

Sources

  1. Leboffe, Michael J.; Burton E. Pierce. The Photographic Atlas for the Microbiology Laboratory (3rd ed.).
  2. Sneath, Peter (1986). Bergeys Manual of Systemic Bacteriology Volume 2.
  3. Jagannadham, MV; M.K. Chattopadhyay and S. Shivaji (1996). "The major carotenoid pigment of a psychrotrophic Micrococcus roseus strain: fluorescence properties of the pigment and its binding to membranes". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (Elsevier Publishing) 220 (3): 724–728. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1996.0471. PMID 8607832. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
  4. Holt, John. Bergeys Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9th ed.).