A genus or type of bacterium characterized by white or whitish coloration of its colonies when cultured.
From Latin 'albus' (white) + 'coccus' (from Greek 'kokkos', meaning berry or sphere, referring to spherical bacteria).
Bacterial colonies reveal their identity partly through color, and 'albo-' prefix bacteria appear white because of how they organize their cell walls and produce pigments.
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