Kocuria rosea subsp. polaris (DSM 14382, CIP 107764, MTCC 3702)

Name: Kocuria rosea subsp. polaris (DSM 14382, CIP 107764, MTCC 3702)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 7650

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 14382 CIP 107764 MTCC 3702 CCUG 52397 CMS 76or 3 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 136273

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP Wink compendium

History <- E. Stackebrandt <- S. Shivaji <- G.I. Matsumoto; CMS 76or MTCC 3702 <-- G. S. N. Reddy CMS 76or. CIP <- 2002, DSMZ <- S. Shivaji: strain CMS 76or <- GI Matsumoto

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Kocuria rosea subsp. polaris DSM 14382 is an aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from cyanobacterial mat.

Gram-positive coccus-shaped aerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 100315

MTCC 3702,DSM 14382,CIP 107764,JCM 12076,IAM 15066,CCUG 52397,NBRC 103063

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:31

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Micrococcales

Family Micrococcaceae

Genus Kocuria

Species Kocuria rosea subsp. polaris

Full scientific name Kocuria rosea subsp. polaris (Reddy et al. 2003) Ghodhbane-Gtari et al. 2024

Synonyms (1)

Kocuria polaris

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
121924	positive	coccus-shaped
125439	positive		96.7
125438			92.5
125438	positive		94.164

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Incubation period	Medium used
18513	Vermillion (2002)	10-14 days	ISP 2
18513	Vermillion (2002)	10-14 days	ISP 3
18513	Vermillion (2002)	10-14 days	ISP 4
18513	Vermillion (2002)	10-14 days	ISP 5
18513	Vermillion (2002)	10-14 days	ISP 6
18513	Vermillion (2002)	10-14 days	ISP 7
121924

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Medium name
18513		ISP 2
18513		ISP 3
18513		ISP 4
18513		ISP 5
18513		ISP 6
18513		ISP 7

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
5330	TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Yeast extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water
18513	ISP 2		Name: ISP 2 / Yeast Malt Agar (5265); 5265 Composition Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Preparation: Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.0 Usage: Maintenance and Taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
18513	ISP 3		Name: ISP 3; 5315 Composition Dog oat flakes 20.0 g/l Trace element solution (5314) 2.5 ml/l Agar 18.0 g/l Preparation: Oat flakes are cooked for 20 minutes, trace element solution and agar are added (in the case of non rolled oat flakes the suspension has to bee filtrated). Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.8 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy (e.g. SEM As liquid medium for metabolite production) Organisms: All Actinomycetes Trace element solution 5314 Name: Trace element solution 5314; 5314 Composition CaCl2 x H2O 3.0 g/l Fe-III-citrate 1.0 g/l MnSO4 0.2 g/l ZnCl2 0.1 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 0.025 g/l Sodium tetra borate 0.2 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.004 g/l Sodium molybdate 0.01 g/l Preparation: Use double destillated water. Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Trace element solution for different media Organisms:
18513	ISP 4		Name: ISP 4; DSM 547 Solution I: Difco soluble starch, 10.0 g. Make a paste of the starch with a small amount of cold distilled water and bring to a volume of 500 ml. Solution II: CaCO3 2.0 g K2HPO4 (anhydrous) 1.0 g MgSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g NaCl 1.0 g (NH4)2SO4 2.0 g Distilled water 500.0 ml Trace salt solution (see below) 1.0 ml The pH should be between 7.0 and 7.4. Do not adjust if it is within this range. Mix solutions I and II together. Add 20.0 g agar. Liquify agar by steaming at 100°C for 10 to 20 min. Trace element solution: FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.1 g ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g Distilled water 100.0 ml
18513	ISP 5		Name: ISP 5 (5323) Composition L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l Glycerol 10.0 g/l K2HPO4 1.0 g/l Salt solution (see preparation) 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 g/l Preparation: Salt solution 1.0 g FeSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 1.0 g ZNSO4 x 7 H2O in 100 ml water Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.2 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
18513	ISP 6		Name: ISP 6 (5318) Composition Peptone 15.0 g/l Proteose peptose 5.0 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.5 g/l Sodium glycerophosphate 1.0 g/l Sodium thiosulfate 0.08 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes
18513	ISP 7		Name: ISP 7 (5322) Composition Glycerol 15.0 g/l L-Tyrosine 0.5 g/l L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l K2HPO4 0.5 g/l NaCl 0.5 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.01 g/l Trace element solution 5343 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.3 Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes
33165	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
121924	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP
121924	CIP Medium 338	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
5330	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
18513	positive	optimum	28	mesophilic
33165	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
59537	positive	growth	22-37
67770	positive	growth	20	psychrophilic
121924	positive	growth	22-37
121924	negative	growth	41
121924	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
59537	aerobe
121924	obligate aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	95.9

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-7(H₂), MK-8(H₂)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
18513	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	+
68368	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
18513	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	+
68368	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	assimilation	from API 20E
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68368	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
18513	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68368	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
18513	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
121924	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68368	25094 ChEBI	lysine	-	degradation	from API 20E
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
18513	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+
18513	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
121924	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
68368	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20E
121924	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68368	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API 20E
18513	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+
18513	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	+
18513	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68368	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20E
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68368	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
18513	18222 ChEBI	xylose	-

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	from API 20E
68368	17997 ChEBI	dinitrogen	from API 20E
68368	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide	from API 20E
121924	35581 ChEBI	indole
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20E
68368	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	from API 20E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Indole test
121924	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-		from API 20E
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole		-	from API 20E

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
121924	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68379	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68379	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
121924	amylase	+
68368	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20E
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
121924	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68379	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68368	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API 20E
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68379	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
121924	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
121924	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
121924	coagulase	-
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
121924	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
121924	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
121924	gelatinase	-
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
68368	gelatinase	-		from API 20E
121924	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
121924	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
121924	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68368	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18	from API 20E
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
121924	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
68368	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API 20E
121924	oxidase	-
121924	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
121924	protease	-
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68368	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API 20E
121924	tween esterase	-
121924	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68379	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
68368	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20E
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API 20E

@ref	ONPG	ADH (Arg)	LDC (Lys)	ODC	CIT	H2S productionH2S	URE	TDA (Trp)	IND	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	GEL	GLU	MAN	INO	Sor	RHA	SAC	MEL	AMY	ARA	OX	Nitrite productionNO2	Reduction to N2N2	MotilityMOB	Growth on MacConkey mediumMAC	OF-O	OF-F
121924	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	-	-	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

API coryne

@ref	Reduction of nitrateNIT	PYZ	PYRA	PAL	beta GUR	beta GAL	alpha GLU	beta NAG	ESC	URE	GEL	Control fermentationControl	GLU	RIB	XYL	MAN	MAL	LAC	SAC	GLYG	CAT
18513	-	+/-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	not determinedn.d.

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
18513	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-
121924	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
121924	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Microbial community	#Microbial mat
#Host	#Microbial	#Bacteria

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date	Geographic location
5330	cyanobacterial mat			Australia and Oceania		McMurdo Dry Valleys
59537	Cyanobacterial mat	Antarctica	ATA	Australia and Oceania
67770	Cyanobacterial mat from a pond in Antarctica
121924	Cyanobacterial material	Antarctica	ATA	Antarctica	1993

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ278868 (>99% sequence identity) for Kocuria from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	794
Soil Samples	1344
Animal Samples	4476
Plant Samples	1054
Total Samples	7668

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
5330	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
18513	1
121924	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM78619v1 assembly for Kocuria rosea subsp. polaris CMS 76or	contig	GCA_000786195	136273.5	2636415781	136273	65.09

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Kocuria polaris partial 16S rRNA gene, strain CMS76or	AJ278868	1480	136273
124043	Kocuria polaris strain CMS 76or(T) 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MN686627	505	136273
124043	Kocuria polaris strain CMS 76or 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MH577197	403	136273
124043	Kocuria polaris strain CMS 76or 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KX959605	1425	136273
124043	Kocuria polaris strain CMS 76or(T) 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MN686691	467	136273

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	72.5	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Kocuria polaris CMS 76or
NCBI: GCA_000786195

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	65.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	65.00	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	96.70	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	95.90	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Kocuria polaris CMS 76or
NCBI: GCA_000786195.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	94.16	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.68	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	84.39	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	68.14	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.11	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	92.50	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Taxonomic note on Kocuria and Rothia: taxogenomic insights for addressing misidentifications and proposing new combinations and new subspecies.	Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Haj Nasr MA, Gatri R, Gtari M.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006586	2024
	Comparative Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis Provides New Insights into the Aflatoxin B₁ Biodegradability by Kocuria rosea from Deep Sea.	Wang J, Nan J.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms13040875	2025
	Bacterial crude oil and polyaromatic hydrocarbon degraders from Kazakh oil fields as barley growth support.	Yessentayeva K, Reinhard A, Berzhanova R, Mukasheva T, Urich T, Mikolasch A.	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-024-13010-y	2024
	In Vitro Studies of Endophytic Bacteria Isolated from Ginger (Zingiber officinale) as Potential Plant-Growth-Promoting and Biocontrol Agents against Botrytis cinerea and Colletotrichum acutatum.	Bodalo A, Borrego R, Garrido C, Bolivar-Anillo HJ, Cantoral JM, Vela-Delgado MD, Gonzalez-Rodriguez VE, Carbu M.	Plants (Basel)	10.3390/plants12234032	2023
	Molecular identification, antibiotic susceptibility, and biofilm formation of airborne bacteria.	Hussain MA, Zafar M, Khan YS, Said KB, Anwar S, Saeed M, Abdulhakeem MA, Snoussi M, Kausar MA.	AMB Express	10.1186/s13568-025-01861-1	2025
	Biological degradation and mineralization of tetracycline antibiotic using SBR equipped with a vertical axially rotating biological bed (SBR-VARB).	Aghapour AA, Alizadeh N, Khorsandi H.	Biodegradation	10.1007/s10532-023-10018-5	2023
Genetics	Exploring associations between the teat apex metagenome and Staphylococcus aureus intramammary infections in primiparous cows under organic directives.	Dean CJ, Pena-Mosca F, Ray T, Wehri TJ, Sharpe K, Antunes AM, Doster E, Fernandes L, Calles VF, Bauman C, Godden S, Heins B, Pinedo P, Machado VS, Caixeta LS, Noyes NR.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02234-23	2024
	An integrative protocol for one-step PCR amplicon library construction and accurate demultiplexing of pooled sequencing data.	Ni J, Pan J, Wang Y, Chen T, Feng X, Li Y, Lin T, Lynch M, Long H, Li W.	Mar Life Sci Technol	10.1007/s42995-023-00182-1	2023
Genetics	The Kocurious case of Noodlococcus: genomic insights into Kocuria rhizophila from characterisation of a laboratory contaminant.	McCallum GE, Ho SFS, Cummins EA, Wildsmith AJ, McInnes RS, Weigel C, Tong LYS, Quick J, van Schaik W, Moran RA.	Microb Genom	10.1099/mgen.0.001526	2025
	Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Sequenced Genomes of Four Contrasting Rhizobacteria in Phytopathogen Inhibition and Interaction with Capsicum annuum Roots.	De la Cruz-Rodriguez Y, Adrian-Lopez J, Martinez-Lopez J, Neri-Marquez BI, Garcia-Pineda E, Alvarado-Gutierrez A, Fraire-Velazquez S.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.03072-22	2023
	Genome Sequence of Kocuria polaris Strain CD08_4, an Isolate from the Duodenal Mucosa of a Celiac Disease Patient.	Chander AM, Kumari M, Kochhar R, Dhawan DK, Bhadada SK, Mayilraj S.	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomea.01158-17	2017
Genetics	Phylogenetic and pangenomic analyses of members of the family Micrococcaceae related to a plant-growth-promoting rhizobacterium isolated from the rhizosphere of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.).	Shchyogolev SY, Burygin GL, Dykman LA, Matora LY.	Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii	10.18699/vjgb-24-35	2024
Phylogeny	Diversity and antibacterial activity of endophytic bacteria associated with medicinal plant, Scrophularia striata.	Tavarideh F, Pourahmad F, Nemati M.	Vet Res Forum	10.30466/vrf.2021.529714.3174	2022
	Stimulation of PGP Bacteria on the Development of Seeds, Plants and Cuttings of the Obligate Halophyte Arthrocaulon (Arthrocnemum) macrostachyum (Moric.) Piirainen & G. Kadereit.	Barcia-Piedras JM, Perez-Romero JA, Mateos-Naranjo E, Parra R, Rodriguez-Llorente ID, Camacho M, Redondo-Gomez S.	Plants (Basel)	10.3390/plants12071436	2023
	Taxonomic composition and seasonal dynamics of the air microbiome in West Siberia.	Gusareva ES, Gaultier NPE, Premkrishnan BNV, Kee C, Lim SBY, Heinle CE, Purbojati RW, Nee AP, Lohar SR, Yanqing K, Kharkov VN, Drautz-Moses DI, Stepanov VA, Schuster SC.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-020-78604-8	2020
	Rhizocarpon geographicum Lichen Discloses a Highly Diversified Microbiota Carrying Antibiotic Resistance and Persistent Organic Pollutant Tolerance.	Miral A, Kautsky A, Alves-Carvalho S, Cottret L, Guillerm-Erckelboudt AY, Buguet M, Rouaud I, Tranchimand S, Tomasi S, Bartoli C.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms10091859	2022
	Ecology and resistance to UV light and antibiotics of microbial communities on UV cabins in the dermatology service of a Spanish hospital.	Molina-Menor E, Carlotto N, Vidal-Verdu A, Perez-Ferriols A, Perez-Pastor G, Porcar M.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-023-40996-8	2023
	iChip-Inspired Isolation, Bioactivities and Dereplication of Actinomycetota from Portuguese Beach Sediments.	Dos Santos JDN, Joao SA, Martin J, Vicente F, Reyes F, Lage OM.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms10071471	2022
	Effects of wearing personal protective equipment during COVID-19 pandemic on composition and diversity of skin bacteria and fungi of medical workers.	Lin X, Li YZ, Chen T, Min SH, Wang DF, Ding MM, Jiang G.	J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol	10.1111/jdv.18216	2022
	Draft genome sequence of Kocuria sp. SM24M-10 isolated from coral mucus.	Palermo BR, Castro DB, Pereira LB, Cauz AC, Magalhaes BL, Carlos C, da Costa FL, Scagion GP, Higa JS, Almeida LD, das Neves Mda S, Cordeiro MA, do Prado PF, da Silva TM, Balsalobre TW, Paulino LC, Vicentini R, Ferraz LF, Ottoboni LM.	Genom Data	10.1016/j.gdata.2015.12.016	2016
Metabolism	Halophilic microorganisms are responsible for the rosy discolouration of saline environments in three historical buildings with mural paintings.	Ettenauer JD, Jurado V, Pinar G, Miller AZ, Santner M, Saiz-Jimenez C, Sterflinger K.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0103844	2014
	Cross-Bioaugmentation Among Four Remote Soil Samples Contaminated With Oil Exerted Just Inconsistent Effects on Oil-Bioremediation.	Al-Mailem DM, Kansour MK, Radwan SS.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2019.02827	2019
	Bioaugmentation failed to enhance oil bioremediation in three soil samples from three different continents.	Radwan SS, Al-Mailem DM, Kansour MK.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-019-56099-2	2019
Enzymology	Evaluation of Bioaerosol Bacterial Components of a Wastewater Treatment Plant Through an Integrate Approach and In Vivo Assessment.	Bruni E, Simonetti G, Bovone B, Casagrande C, Castellani F, Riccardi C, Pomata D, Di Filippo P, Federici E, Buiarelli F, Uccelletti D.	Int J Environ Res Public Health	10.3390/ijerph17010273	2019
	The allelopathic, adhesive, hydrophobic and toxic latex of Euphorbia species is the cause of fairy circles investigated at several locations in Namibia.	Meyer JJM, Schutte CE, Hurter JW, Galt NS, Degashu P, Breetzke G, Baranenko D, Meyer NL.	BMC Ecol	10.1186/s12898-020-00313-7	2020
Phylogeny	16S rRNA sequences and differences in bacteria isolated from the Muztag Ata glacier at increasing depths.	Xiang S, Yao T, An L, Xu B, Wang J.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.71.8.4619-4627.2005	2005
Phylogeny	Draft genome of Kocuria polaris CMS 76or(T) isolated from cyanobacterial mats, McMurdo Dry Valley, Antarctica: an insight into CspA family of proteins from Kocuria polaris CMS 76or(T).	Gundlapally SR, Ara S, Sisinthy S	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s00203-015-1138-8	2015
	Radio-resistance in psychrotrophic Kocuria sp. ASB 107 isolated from Ab-e-Siah radioactive spring.	Asgarani E, Soudi MR, Borzooee F, Dabbagh R	J Environ Radioact	10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.04.009	2012
Phylogeny	Kocuria subflava sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment from the Indian Ocean.	Jiang Z, Zhang WH, Yuan CG, Chen JY, Cao LX, Park DJ, Xiao M, Kim CJ, Li WJ	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-015-0587-z	2015
Phylogeny	Kocuria dechangensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from saline and alkaline soils.	Wang K, Zhang L, Liu Y, Pan Y, Meng L, Xu T, Zhang C, Liu H, Hong S, Huang H, Jiang J	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.000372	2015
Phylogeny	Kocuria sediminis sp. nov., isolated from a marine sediment sample.	Bala M, Kaur C, Kaur I, Khan F, Mayilraj S	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-011-9654-2	2011
Phylogeny	Kocuria himachalensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the Indian Himalayas.	Mayilraj S, Kroppenstedt RM, Suresh K, Saini HS	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63915-0	2006
Phylogeny	Kocuria aegyptia sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a saline, alkaline desert soil in Egypt.	Li WJ, Zhang YQ, Schumann P, Chen HH, Hozzein WN, Tian XP, Xu LH, Jiang CL	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63876-0	2006
Phylogeny	Kocuria polaris sp. nov., an orange-pigmented psychrophilic bacterium isolated from an Antarctic cyanobacterial mat sample.	Reddy GSN, Prakash JSS, Prabahar V, Matsumoto GI, Stackebrandt E, Shivaji S	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02336-0	2003

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#5330	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 14382
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#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
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