Micrococcus luteus
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micrococcus-luteus-212-1331049
title:
Micrococcus luteus
text:
Micrococcus luteus is a Gram-positive to Gram-variable, nonmotile, tetrad-arranging, pigmented, saprotrophic coccus bacterium in the family Micrococcaceae. It is urease and catalase positive. An obligate aerobe, M. luteus is found in soil, dust, water and air, and as part of the normal microbiota of the mammalian skin. The bacterium also colonizes the human mouth, mucosae, oropharynx and upper respiratory tract. Micrococcus luteus is generally harmless but can become an opportunistic pathogen in
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of bacterium
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrococcus_luteus
date created:
2005-06-01T16:03:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T07:39:40Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/M_luteus_visualized_using_scanning_electron_microscopy.png","width":1024,"height":768}
fields total:
13
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16