Paracoccus thiocyanatus

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.

Paracoccus thiocyanatus
Scientific classification
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P. thiocyanatus
Binomial name
Paracoccus thiocyanatus
Katayama et al., 1995

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. PMID 7545513.

Further reading

  • van Verseveld, H.W. and Stouthamer, A.H. (1999). The Genus Paracoccus. The Prokaryotes. 3rd edition, release 3.0. Springer-Verlag, New York.


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