Micrococcaceae

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Micrococcaceae

| authority = Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980){{cite journal | author = Pribram E. | title = A contribution to the classification of microorganisms | journal = Journal of Bacteriology | year = 1929 | volume = 18 | issue = 6 | pages = 361–394| doi = 10.1128/jb.18.6.361-394.1929 | pmid = 16559403 | pmc = 375089 }}

| type_genus = Micrococcus

| type_genus_authority = Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = See text.

| synonyms =

Yaniellaceae Li et al. 2008
Yaniaceae Li et al. 2005

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Micrococcaceae, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós), meaning "small", and κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "sphere", includes bacterial genera of Gram positive cocci that inhabit the air and skin, such as Micrococcus luteus.

Genera

The family Micrococcaceae comprises the following genera:{{cite web|vauthors=Euzéby JP, Parte AC |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/family/micrococcaceae |title=Micrococcaceae |access-date=June 18, 2021 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}}

Acaricomes Pukall et al. 2006
Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)
Auritidibacter Yassin et al. 2011

Citricoccus Altenburger et al. 2002
Enteractinococcus Cao et al. 2012
Falsarthrobacter Busse and Moore 2018
Galactobacter Hahne et al. 2019
Garicola Lo et al. 2015
Glutamicibacter Busse 2016
Haematomicrobium Schumann and Busse 2017
Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995
Micrococcoides Tóth et al. 2017
Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)
Neomicrococcus Prakash et al. 2015
Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995
Paenarthrobacter Busse 2016
Paeniglutamicibacter Busse 2016

Pseudarthrobacter Busse 2016
Pseudoglutamicibacter Busse 2016
Psychromicrobium Schumann et al. 2017
Renibacterium Sanders and Fryer 1980
Rothia Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)
Sinomonas Zhou et al. 2009
Specibacter Lee and Schumann 2019

Tersicoccus Vaishampayan et al. 2013

Yaniella Li et al. 2008
Zafaria Amin et al. 2021
Zhihengliuella Zhang et al. 2007

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences.{{cite journal |vauthors=Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Markus Göker M | year = 2018 | title = Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria | journal = Front. Microbiol. | volume = 9 | pages = 2007 | pmid = 30186281 | pmc = 6113628 | doi = 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007| doi-access = free }}{{efn|Auritidibacter, Citricoccus, Enteractinococcus, Falsarthrobacter, Galactobacter, Garicola, Micrococcoides, Neomicrococcus, Pseudoglutamicibacter, Psychromicrobium, Specibacter, and Zhihengliuella are not included in this phylogenetic tree.}}