| Croceicoccus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Sphingomonadales |
| Family: | Erythrobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Croceicoccus Xu et al. 2009 [1] |
| Type species | |
| C. marinus | |
Croceicoccus is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria). [2]
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. [3]
The genus contains a single species, [3] namely C. marinus ( Xu et al. 2009, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective marinus, of or belonging to the sea, marine.) [1]