Oceanococcus

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
Phylum:	"Proteobacteria"
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]

References

1. "Oceanococcus". LPSN.
2. "Oceanococcus". www.uniprot.org.
3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (26 February 2014). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". NamesforLife, LLC. doi:10.1601/tx.25065. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. Li, G; Lai, Q; Liu, X; Sun, F; Du, Y; Li, G; Shao, Z (December 2013). "Maricoccus atlantica gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment of the Atlantic Ocean". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 104 (6): 1073–81. doi:10.1007/s10482-013-0029-8. PMID 24052366. S2CID 47223362.