Family Rhodospirillaceae Rank Genus | Phylum "Proteobacteria" | |
Similar Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis, Candidatus Accumulibacter, Rhodospirillaceae, Dechloromonas, Alphaproteobacteria | ||
Defluviicoccus is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).
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Etymology
The name Defluviicoccus derives from:
Latin noun defluvium, sewage; and coccus (from Greek kokkos (κόκκος), grain, seed), coccus; Defluviicoccus, a coccus from sewage.
Species
The genus contains a single species, namely D. vanus ( corrig. Maszenan et al. 2005, (type species of the genus).; Latin vanus, empty, idle, referring to its staining behaviour.)
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