Micrococcus luteus is a Gram-positive, to Gram-variable, nonmotile, Coccus, saprotrophic bacterium that belongs to the family Micrococcaceae. It is urease and catalase positive.
Why is a mammoth more likely to fossilize than a caterpillar? A mammoth is more likely to fossilize than a caterpillar because a caterpillar has no hard tissue. Bones and cartilage are much more likely to fossilize. Edit
- Mammoth had longer and thicker tusks those curved dramatically. However, the tusks in mastodons were shorter, slender, and less curved than the mammothsâ. - Both these proboscideans were enormous, but mammoth was larger than mastodon. - Mastodon had more teeth in the jaw at a time than the mammoth.However, the number of teeth throughout the lifetime was the same in both animals.owever, the tusks in mastodons were shorter, slender, and less curved than the mammothsâ. - Both these proboscideans were enormous, but mammoth was larger than mastodon. - Mastodon had more teeth in the jaw at a time than the mammoth.