Thiococcus

Thiococcus is a Gram-negative, non‐motile, obligately phototrophic and strictly anaerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Chromatiaceae with one known species (Thiococcus pfennigii).[2][1][3][4][5] Thiococcus pfennigii was first isolated from salt marshes.[6]

Thiococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Chromatiales
Family:	Chromatiaceae
Genus:	Thiococcus Imhoff et al. 1998[1]
Type species
Thiococcus pfennigii[1]
Species
T. pfennigii[1]

References

1. "Thiococcus". LPSN.
2. Imhoff, Johannes F. (2015). "Thiococcus". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. American Cancer Society: 1–6. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01117.
3. "Thiococcus". www.uniprot.org.
4. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M (16 April 2009). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". NamesforLife, LLC. doi:10.1601/tx.2130. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
5. Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James R. (2007). Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 28. ISBN 9780387280226.
6. "Details: DSM-226". www.dsmz.de.

Further reading

• Eimhjellen, K. E.; Steensland, Heidi; Traetteberg, J. (1967). "A Thiococcus sp. nov. gen., its pigments and internal membrane system". Archiv für Mikrobiologie. 59 (1–3): 82–92. doi:10.1007/BF00406319.