Croceicoccus
| Croceicoccus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | "Proteobacteria" |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Sphingomonadales |
| Family: | Erythrobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Croceicoccus |
| Type species | |
| C. marinus | |
Croceicoccus is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1]
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
- ↑ 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". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
- 1 2 Croceicoccus entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
- ↑ 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.
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