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MeSH Heading: Micrococcus
Tree Number(s): B03.510.024.850.500; B03.510.400.500.500
Unique ID: D008837
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008837
Annotation: found in soil & fresh water & on mammalian skin
Scope Note: A genus of gram-positive, spherical bacteria found in soils and fresh water, and frequently on the skin of man and other animals.
Public MeSH Note: GAFFKYA TETRAGENA was see MICROCOCCUS 1979-91; GAFFKYA was see under MICROCOCCACEAE 1976-78, was heading 1963-75
Online Note: use MICROCOCCUS to search GAFFKYA TETRAGENA 1979-91 & GAFFKYA 1966-78
History Note: GAFFKYA TETRAGENA was see MICROCOCCUS 1979-91; GAFFKYA was see under MICROCOCCACEAE 1976-78, was heading 1963-75
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Micrococcus MeSH Descriptor Data 2025