A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS

Kocuria

Species associated with infection - K. varians, K. kristinae

From skin flora and of doubtful clinical significance

Previously classified as Micrococcus spp.

References - Stackenbrandt, E., Koch, C., Gvozdiack, O., Schumann, P. (1995). Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int. J. syst. Bacteriol. 45, 682-692.