Kocuria rosea

Kocuria rosea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Micrococcaceae
Genus: Kocuria
Species:
K. rosea
Binomial name
Kocuria rosea
(Flügge 1886) Stackebrandt et al. 1995[1]
Type strain
ATCC 186
CCM 679
CCUG 4312
CIP 71.15
DSM 20447
IEGM 394
IFO 3768
JCM 11614
LMG 14224
NBRC 3768
NCTC 7523
NRRL B-2977
VKM B-1823
Synonyms[1]
  • Pelczaria aurantia Poston 1994
  • Deinococcus erythromyxa (ex Chester 1901) Brooks and Murray 1981
  • Micrococcus roseus Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • Kocuria erythromyxa (Brooks and Murray 1981) Rainey et al. 1997

Kocuria rosea is a gram-positive bacteria that is catalase-positive and oxidase-positive. It has a coccus shape that occurs in the tetrad arrangement and is a strict aerobe that grows best from 25 to 37 °C.[2] K. rosea has also been found to cause urinary tract infections in people with weakened immune systems.[3]

The normal habitat for this Kocuria species is skin, soil, and water.[4] It derives its name from the carotenoid pigment that it secretes.[5] Isolated colonies on a TSA plate are circular, 1.0–1.5 mm in size, slightly convex, smooth, and pink in color.[6]

  1. ^ a b Parte, A.C. "Kocuria". LPSN.
  2. ^ Leboffe, Michael J.; Burton E. Pierce. The Photographic Atlas for the Microbiology Laboratory (3rd ed.).
  3. ^ "Kocuria rosea". vumicro.com. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  4. ^ Sneath, Peter (1986). Bergeys Manual of Systemic Bacteriology Volume 2.
  5. ^ Jagannadham, MV; M.K. Chattopadhyay; 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. 220 (3). Elsevier Publishing: 724–728. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1996.0471. PMID 8607832.
  6. ^ Holt, John. Bergeys Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9th ed.).