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micrococcaceae

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Main Entry: Mi·cro·coc·ca·ce·ae
Pronunciation: -k&-'kA-sE-E, -kä-'kA-
Function: noun plural
: a family ofheterotrophic spherical or elliptical gram-positive usually nonmotile bacteria that usually lack endospores, divide in two or three planes forming pairs, tetrads, or masses of cells, are aerobic orfacultatively anaerobic, and produce yellow, orange, or red pigment and that include pathogenic toxin-producing forms (as Staphylococcus aureus) as well as numerous harmless commensals andsaprophytes
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Micrococcaceae Mi·cro·coc·ca·ce·ae (mī'krō-kŏ-kā'sē-ē)
n.
A family of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic bacteria containing gram-positive spherical cells that occur singly or in pairs, tetrads, irregular masses, or chains, and that include free-living, saprophytic, parasitic, and pathogenic species.

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