Oceanococcus

"Maricoccus" redirects here. For the isopod genus, see Maricoccus (crustacean).

Oceanococcus is a Gram-negative genus of bacteria from the family of Ectothiorhodospiraceae with one known species (Oceanococcus atlanticus).^[1][2][3][4] Oceanococcus atlanticus has been isolated from deep sea sediments from the Atlantic Ocean.^[4]

Oceanococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Chromatiales
Family:	Ectothiorhodospiraceae
Genus:	Oceanococcus Li et al. 2014[1]
Type species
Oceanococcus atlanticus[1]
Species
O. atlanticus[1]
Synonyms
Maricoccus[2]