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Micrococcus luteus SK58

Micrococcus luteus, an aerobic, gram-positive coccus typically occuring in tetrads, is a constituent of the normal human buccal bacterial flora Although of low virulence, it may become pathogenic in immunocompromised patients colonizing the surface of heart valves. This strain was isolated from human skin.

Grant:  Jumpstart

Source:  skin

Classification:  Actinobacteria; Actinobacteria; Actinobacteridae; Actinomycetales; Micrococcineae; Micrococcaceae

NCBI Taxon ID: 596312

Collaborator:  Martin Blaser , NYU

Public Data

Short Read Archive

Published

SRA010920

Apr 19 2010

Study

HMP077-454

Number of reads

616366

Sequence

Submitted

Nov 17 2009

Annotation

Submitted

Nov 17 2009



All publications that cite results from this NIH grant-supported research must include the following acknowledgement: The project described was supported by Contract Number N01-AI-30071 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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