luteococcus luteococcus luteococcus is a bacterial genus from the family propionibacteriaceae. luteococcus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: propionibacteriales family: propionibacteriaceae genus: luteococcustamura et al. 1994 type species luteococcus japonicustamura et al. 1994 species l. japonicus tamura et al. 1994 l. peritonei collins et al. 2000 l. sanguinis collins et al. 2003 l. sediminum fan et al. 2014