Melissococcus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacillota |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Lactobacillales |
Family: | Enterococcaceae |
Genus: | Melissococcus (ex White, 1912) Bailey and Collins, 1983 |
Species[2] | |
Melissococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped lactic acid bacteria within the family Enterococcaceae. Melissococcus species were classified as Streptococcus until 1983 when Melissococcus was recognized as a distinct genus.[3] Notable species include M. plutonius, which is a cause of European foulbrood (an infectious disease that primarily affects honeybees).[4]
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