Croceicoccus

Croceicoccus is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).^[1]

Croceicoccus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Sphingomonadales
Family:	Erythrobacteraceae
Genus:	Croceicoccus
Type species
C. marinus

Etymology

The name Croceicoccus derives from:
Latin adjective croceus, yellow, golden; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos (κόκκος)), grain or berry; Neo-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

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology