Agrococcus


Agrococcus is a genus in the phylum Actinomycetota.

Etymology

The name Agrococcus derives from:
Greek noun agros, field or soil; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun coccus, coccus; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Agrococcus a coccus from soil.
A group at the University of British Columbia completed the first draft genome of a bacterium from the genus Agrococcus, which was isolated from modern microbialites found within Pavilion Lake, BC.

Species

The genus contains 9 species, namelyA. baldri A. carbonis A. citreus A. jejuensis A. jenensis A. lahaulensis A. pavilionensis A. terreus