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
Asker's rating. Report Abuse. No mammals are capable of parthenogenesis, and despite what one of your other answers said, neither are slugs. Slugs are hermaphrodites, having both male and female sexual organs, but cannot fertilize themselves-they must mate with another slug, each transferring sperm to the other.