''Citricoccus alkalitolerans'' is an alkalitolerant bacterium from the genus ''

Citricoccus ''Citricoccus'' is a gram-positive and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family Micrococcaceae ''Micrococcaceae'', from Ancient Greek μικρός (''mikrós''), meaning "small", and κόκκος (''kókkos''), meaning "sphere", includes b ...

'' which has been isolated from soil from the eastern desert of

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

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Bacteria described in 2005 Micrococcaceae {{Actinobacteria-stub