Tribe Micrococceae
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Micrococceae Prévot 1961, tribus.
Type genus: ¤ Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Micrococcus, type genus of the tribe; suff. -eae, ending to denote a tribe; N.L. fem. pl. n. Micrococceae, the Micrococcus tribe.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: PRÉVOT (A.R.): Traité de Systématique Bactérienne, vol. 2, Dunod, Paris, 1961, p. 31.
