''Aerococcus viridans'' is a member of the bacterial genus ''
Aerococcus
''Aerococcus'' is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria). The genus was first identified in 1953 from samples of air and dust as a catalase-negative, gram-positive coccus that grew in small clusters. They were subsequently found in hospital ...
''. It is a causative agent of
gaffkaemia
Gaffkaemia (gaffkemia in American English) is a bacterial disease of lobsters, caused by the Gram-positive lactic acid bacterium ''Aerococcus viridans'' var. ''homari''.
Discovery
Gaffkaemia was first discovered in 1947 in American lobsters (''H ...
, a disease of
lobsters,
and is used as a commercial source for lactate oxidase.
References
External links
Type strain of ''Aerococcus viridans'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Lactobacillales
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