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Micrococcus lylae
An aerobic, gram-positive coccus occurring in tetrads (groups of four) and produces an unpigmented or a cream or white colony. The primary habitat is mammalian skin. The majority of strains are nonpathogenic, but some strains may occasionally be opportunist pathogens.