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
âWhales are in fact more closely related to hippos than to mesonychids, and the similarity in teeth is a convergently evolved feature.â âAfter hippos, bovids are the most abundant group of mammalian fossils.â âAll carnivores would be in one zone, and a miniature savannah with deer, rhino, elephant, giraffe and hippo forming another.â