Paracoccus thiocyanatus

Paracoccus thiocyanatus
Scientific classification
Superdomain: Phylogenetica
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
Order: Rhodobacterales
Family: Rhodobacteraceae
Genus: Paracoccus
Species: P. thiocyanatus
Binomial name
Paracoccus thiocyanatus
Katayama et al., 1995

Paracoccus thiocyanatus is a coccoid bacterium.[1] It utilises thiocyanate and is a facultative chemolithotroph. Its type strain is THI 011T, and it is most related to Paracoccus aminophilus.

References

  1. Katayama, Y.; Hiraishi, A.; Kuraishi, H. (1995). "Paracoccus thiocyanatus sp. nov., a new species of thiocyanate-utilizing facultative chemolithotroph, and transfer of Thiobacillus versutus to the genus Paracoccus as Paracoccus versutus comb. nov. with emendation of the genus". Microbiology 141 (6): 1469–1477. doi:10.1099/13500872-141-6-1469. ISSN 1350-0872.

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