Domain Bacteria Class Alphaproteobacteria Family Erythrobacteraceae | Phylum "Proteobacteria" Order Sphingomonadales Rank Genus | |
Similar Sphingomonadaceae, Novosphingobium, Sphingobium, Alphaproteobacteria, Microbacterium | ||
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.
Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. marinus ( Xu et al. 2009, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective marinus, of or belonging to the sea, marine.)
References
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