Croceicoccus

Croceicoccus is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1]

Croceicoccus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
"Proteobacteria"
Class:
Alphaproteobacteria
Order:
Sphingomonadales
Family:
Erythrobacteraceae
Genus:
Croceicoccus
Type species
C. marinus

Etymology

The name Croceicoccus derives from:
Latin adjective croceus, yellow, golden; New Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos (κόκκος)), grain or berry; New Latin masculine gender noun Croceicoccus, yellow coccus, referring to a yellow coccoid-shaped bacterium.[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] namely C. marinus ( Xu et al. 2009, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective marinus, of or belonging to the sea, marine.)[3]

See also

References
  1. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  2. Croceicoccus entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  3. Xu, X. -W.; Wu, Y. -H.; Wang, C. -S.; Wang, X. -G.; Oren, A.; Wu, M. (2009). "Croceicoccus marinus gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a yellow-pigmented bacterium from deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the family Erythrobacteraceae". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (9): 2247–2253. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.004267-0. PMID 19620383.


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