Nosocomiicoccus

Nosocomiicoccus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Eubacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Staphylococcaceae
Genus:	Nosocomiicoccus
Species
Nosocomiicoccus ampullae

Nosocomiicoccus is a genus of Gram positive cocci. The name is derived nosocomium - hospital; coccus from Greek noun kokkos - a coccus a grain, berry: Nosocomiicoccus - a coccus isolated in a hospital. The genus was created in 2008^[1]

Description

The type species is Nosocomiicoccus ampullae.

Genome

No species in this genus has had its genome sequenced to date.

Clinical importance

None of the species in this are known to be pathogenic to humans.

References

1. ^ Alves M., Nogueira C., de M., Chung A.P., Morais P.V., da Costa (2008) Nosocomiicoccus ampullae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface of bottles of saline solution used in wound cleansing. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 58(12):2939-2944