''Citricoccus parietis'' is a

Gram-positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. The Gram stain is ...

and coccoid-shaped 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 a mould-colonized wall in

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References

Bacteria described in 2010 Micrococcaceae {{Actinobacteria-stub