agrococcus agrococcus agrococcus is a genus in the phylum actinomycetota (bacteria). agrococcus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: micrococcales family: microbacteriaceae genus: agrococcusgroth et al. 1996 type species agrococcus jenensisgroth et al. 1996 species see text. etymology the name agrococcus derives from:greek noun agros, field or soil; neo-latin masculine gender noun coccus (from greek masculine gender noun kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; neo-latin masculine gender noun agrococcus a coccus from soil. a group at the university of british columbia completed the first draft genome of a bacterium from the genus agrococcus, which was isolated from modern microbialites found within pavilion lake, bc. species the genus contains 9 species, namely a. baldri ( zlamala et al. 2002, ; neo-latin genitive case noun baldri, of baldr, ancient german god of light, referring to the photochromogenic behavior.) a. carbonis (dhanjal et al. 2010, ; latin genitive case noun carbonis of charcoal or coal; referring to the fact it was isolated from the soil of a coal mine. a. casei ( bora et al. 2007, ;: latin genitive case noun casei, of cheese, named because the organism was isolated from smear-ripened cheeses.) a. citreus ( wieser et al. 1999, ; latin masculine gender adjective citreus, of or pertaining to the citron-tree; intended to mean lemon-yellow, describing the lemon-yellow pigmentation.) a. jejuensis ( lee 2008, ; neo-latin masculine gender adjective jejuensis, of or belonging to jeju, republic of korea, where the type strain was isolated.) a. jenensis ( groth et al. 1996, (type species of the genus).; neo-latin masculine gender adjective jenensis, of or belonging to the thuringian town jena, where the organism was isolated.) a. lahaulensis ( mayilraj et al. 2006, ; neo-latin masculine gender adjective lahaulensis, of or pertaining to lahaul valley, located in the indian himalayas, where the type strain was isolated.) a. pavilionensis (white iii et al. 2018, ; neo-latin masculine gender adjective pavilionensis, of or pertaining to pavilion lake, located in southeastern british columbia, where the type strain was isolated.) a. terreus ( zhang et al. 2010, ; latin masculine gender adjective terreus, of earth.) a. versicolor ( behrendt et al. 2008, ; latin masculine gender adjective versicolor, colour changing.)