Aerococcus
Sign in to saveAerococcus, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr), meaning "air", and κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "grain", is a genus of bacterium in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria). The genus was first identified in 1953 from samples of air and dust as a catalase-negative, gram-positive coccus that grew in small clusters. They were subsequently found in hospital environments and meat-curing brines. It has been difficult to identify as it resembles alpha-hemolytic Streptococcus on blood agar plates and is difficult to identify by biochemical means. Sequencing of 16S rRNA has become the gold standard for identification, b
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GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumFirmicutes
- ClassBacilli
- OrderLactobacillales
- FamilyAerococcaceae
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Research
792 papers- Aerococcus Viridans: Case Report, Microbiology, and Literature Review.The American journal of case reports · 2019
- Aerococcus: an increasingly acknowledged human pathogen.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2016
- Aerococcus urinae Infective Endocarditis.Cureus · 2022
- Aerococcus agrisoli sp. nov., isolated from paddy soil.International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2023
- Aerococcus Urinae Aortic Valve Endocarditis with Kissing Aortic Wall Ulcer: A Case Report and Literature Review.The American journal of case reports · 2020
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Aerococcus, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr), meaning "air", and κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "grain", is a genus of bacterium in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria). The genus was first identified in 1953 from samples of air and dust as a catalase-negative, gram-positive coccus that grew in small clusters. They were subsequently found in hospital environments and meat-curing brines. It has been difficult to identify as it resembles alpha-hemolytic Streptococcus on blood agar plates and is difficult to identify by biochemical means. Sequencing of 16S rRNA has become the gold standard for identification, but other techniques such as MALDI-TOF have also been useful for identifying both the genus and species.
==Etymology== The name Aerococcus derives from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr), meaning "air", and κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "grain". The name was given based on its round shape and that it was first discovered in air samples.