Croceicoccus
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| Genus: | Croceicoccus
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| C. marinus | |
Croceicoccus is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).[1]
Etymology[edit]
The name Croceicoccus derives from:
Latin adjective croceus, yellow, golden; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos (κόκκος)), grain or berry; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Croceicoccus, yellow coccus, referring to a yellow coccoid-shaped bacterium.[2]
Species[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Classification of Genera AC in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ^ a b Croceicoccus in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ^ 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.