Paracoccus

Paracoccus denitrificans, copyright Richard Ewans-Gowing.

Belongs within: Rhodobacteraceae.

Paracoccus is a genus of Gram-negative, mostly non-motile bacteria found growing on a wide range of organic substances.

<==Paracoccus
    |--+--P. kondratievae Doronina & Trotsenko 2001 BJ03, JC08
    |  `--+--P. methylutens BJ03
    |     `--+--P. pantotrophus BJ03
    |        `--P. versutus BJ03
    `--+--+--P. kocurii BJ03
       |  `--+--P. alkenifer BJ03
       |     `--P. solventivorans BJ03
       |--+--P. zeaxanthinifaciens Berry, Janssens et al. 2003 BJ03
       |  `--+--P. carotinifaciens BJ03
       |     `--P. marcusii BJ03
       `--+--+--P. alcaliphilus BJ03
          |  `--P. aminovorans BJ03
          `--+--P. thiocyanatus BJ03
             `--+--P. aminophilus BJ03
                `--P. denitrificans BJ03

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BJ03] Berry, A., D. Janssens, M. Hümbelin, J. P. M. Jore, B. Hoste, I. Cleenwerck, M. Vancanneyt, W. Bretzel, A. F. Mayer, R. Lopez-Ulibarri, B. Shanmugam, J. Swings & L. Pasamontes. 2003. Paracoccus zeaxanthinifaciens sp. nov., a zeaxanthin-producing bacterium. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53: 231–238.

[JC08] Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. 2008. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27 (3) and 30 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria. Opinion 81. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58: 1755–1763.