Cerasicoccus arenae

Cerasicoccus arenae is a Gram-negative, obligately aerobic and non-spore-forming bacterium from the genus of Cerasicoccus which has been isolated from marine sand from Kamaishi.^[1][2] Cerasicoccus arenae can produce carotenoid.^[2]

Cerasicoccus arenae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Verrucomicrobiota
Class:	Opitutae
Order:	Puniceicoccales
Family:	Puniceicoccaceae
Genus:	Cerasicoccus
Species:	C. arenae
Binomial name
Cerasicoccus arenae Yoon et al. 2007[1]
Type strain
YM26-026[2]