%0 Journal Article %A GIRARD, ARTHUR E. %A COSENZA, BENJAMIN J. %T Micrococcus diversus sp. nov.1 %D 1970 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 20 %N 2 %P 179-183 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-20-2-179 %I Microbiology Society, %X ABSTRACT A flagellated coccus is described which has a DNA base composition (G+C), morphological and physiological characteristics associated with the genus Micrococcus. The organism was isolated from the gut content of a gypsy moth, Porthetria dispar (L.), larva. The characteristics are markedly different from those of previously described species and thus a new species, Micrococcus diversus, is proposed. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-20-2-179