Micrococcaceae

The family Micrococcaceae 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:


 * 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.