Phycicoccus

Phycicoccus is a genus of Gram positive, aerobic, non-endosporeforming bacteria. Species in this genus are mesophilic and have cells that are short rods or coccoid.[1]

Phycicoccus
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Phycicoccus

Lee 2006
Species

P. aerophilus
P. badiiscoriae
P. bigeumensis
P. cremeus
P. dokdonensis
P. endophyticus
P. ginsengisoli
P. ginsenosidimutans
P. jejuensis
P. soli

The genus was first proposed in 2006. The type species P. jejuensis was first isolated from dried seaweed from a beach in South Korea. The genus name is derived from Latin phycos (seaweed) and coccus, referring to the source of the original isolate and the shape of the cells.[2] However, subsequently discovered species were found to be either short rods or cocci.[3] Other members of this genus have been initially isolated from air, soil, bark, and scoria.[1]

Species from this genus produce yellow, white, or cream-colored colonies on R2A agar. All species are mesophilic; most species cannot grow at temperatures above 35-37 °C, with the exception of P. ginsenosidimutans, which can grow at 45 °C. P. jejuensis and P. aerophilus are the only psychrotrophs.[4]

References

  1. Liu, Shao-Wei; Xu, Min; Tuo, Li; Li, Xiao-Jun; Hu, Lin; Chen, Li; Li, Rong-Feng; Sun, Cheng-Hang (1 March 2016). "Phycicoccus endophyticus sp. nov., an endophytic actinobacterium isolated from Bruguiera gymnorhiza". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (3): 1105–1111. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.000842. PMID 26653143.
  2. Lee, S. D. (1 October 2006). "Phycicoccus jejuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from seaweed". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (10): 2369–2373. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64271-0.
  3. Zhang, J.-Y.; Liu, X.-Y.; Liu, S.-J. (12 February 2010). "Phycicoccus cremeus sp. nov., isolated from forest soil, and emended description of the genus Phycicoccus". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (1): 71–75. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.020842-0.
  4. Kang, Jong-Pyo; Kim, Yeon-Ju; Nguyen, Ngoc-Lan; Hoang, Van-An; Farh, Mohamed El-Agamy; Joo, Sung-Chul; Quan, Lin-Hu; Yang, Deok-Chun (1 December 2016). "Phycicoccus ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from cultivated ginseng soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (12): 5320–5327. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001515. PMID 27666743.
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