genus of the family Micrococcaceae
A genus of gram-positive, spherical bacteria found in soils and fresh water, and frequently on the skin of man and other animals.
A minute bacterial coccus or cell-form; generally regarded as a genus of schizomycetes.
A minute coccus; a genus of the Schizomycetes and of the family Coccaceae, with division in two planes, in which the cocci are globular or ovoid, and either undivided, single, or congregated into groups or irregular masses.