Kocuria rosea

Kocuria rosea
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Micrococcaceae
Genus: Kocuria
Species:
K. rosea
Binomial name
Kocuria rosea
(Flügge 1886) Stackebrandt et al. 1995
Type strain
ATCC 186
CCM 679
CCUG 4312
CIP 71.15
DSM 20447
IEGM 394
IFO 3768
JCM 11614
LMG 14224
NBRC 3768
NCTC 7523
NRRL B-2977
VKM B-1823
Synonyms
  • Pelczaria aurantia Poston 1994
  • Deinococcus erythromyxa (ex Chester 1901) Brooks and Murray 1981
  • Micrococcus roseus Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • Kocuria erythromyxa (Brooks and Murray 1981) Rainey et al. 1997

Kocuria rosea is a gram-positive bacteria that is catalase-positive and oxidase-positive. It has a coccus shape that occurs in the tetrad arrangement and is a strict aerobe that grows best from 25 to 37 °C. K. rosea has also been found to cause urinary tract infections in people with weakened immune systems.

The normal habitat for this Kocuria species is skin, soil, and water. It derives its name from the carotenoid pigment that it secretes. Isolated colonies on a TSA plate are circular, 1.0–1.5 mm in size, slightly convex, smooth, and pink in color.

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