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
As like most other animals, butterflies are prey and animals and insects rely on them and caterpillars for nutrition. Caterpillars also would be extinct because they are the pupae of the butterflies.Caterpillars consume almost 20% of the leaves, which gives other organisms a chance to somehow get the same nutrition.he Blue Morpho butterfly becoming extinct would have a large  impact on the environment. The food chain and eco-system would be  thrown off. This butterfly is a primary con â¦ sumer, without this  consumer, the producers would soon become overcrowded. 1 person found this useful.