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| Genus: | Nosocomiicoccus Morais et al., 2008
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| Species: | N. ampullae
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| Nosocomiicoccus ampullae Morais et al., 2008
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Nosocomiicoccus is a genus of gram-positive cocci.[1] The genus is a member of the family Staphylococcaceae. A common feature of all members of this family is their osmo- and halotolerance - the ability to grow at high salt concentrations.
- ^ Alves M., Nogueira C., de M., Chung A.P., Morais P.V., da Costa (2008) Nosocomiicoccus ampullae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface of bottles of saline solution used in wound cleansing. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 58(12):2939-2944