tersicoccus tersicoccus tersicoccus is a gram-positive genus of bacteria from the family micrococcaceae. tersicoccus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: micrococcales family: micrococcaceae genus: tersicoccusvaishampayan et al. 2013 type species tersicoccus phoenicisvaishampayan et al. 2013 species t. phoenicis vaishampayan et al. 2013 t. solisilvae sultanpuram et al. 2016