Thioalkalicoccus

Thioalkalicoccus is a Gram-negative, mesophilic and obligate alkaliphilic genus of bacteria from the family of Chromatiaceae with one known species (Thioalkalicoccus limnaeus).[1][2][3][4][5] Thioalkalicoccus limnaeus occurs in brackish water lakes.[6]

Thioalkalicoccus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Chromatiales
Family:	Chromatiaceae
Genus:	Thioalkalicoccus Bryantseva et al. 2000[1]
Type species
Thioalkalicoccus limnaeus[1]
Species
T. limnaeus[1]
Synonyms
Thialkalicoccus[2]

References

1. "Thioalkalicoccus". LPSN.
2. "Thioalkalicoccus". www.uniprot.org.
3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M (16 April 2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". NamesforLife, LLC. doi:10.1601/tx.2119. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. Imhoff, Johannes F. (2015). "Thioalkalicoccus". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. American Cancer Society: 1–6. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01115. ISBN 9781118960608.
5. Bryantseva, IA; Gorlenko, VM; Kompantseva, EI; Imhoff, JF (November 2000). "Thioalkalicoccus limnaeus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium with bacteriochlorophyll b." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 Pt 6 (6): 2157–63. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-6-2157. PMID 11155992.
6. Hallenbeck, Patrick C. (2017). Modern Topics in the Phototrophic Prokaryotes: Environmental and Applied Aspects. Springer. ISBN 9783319462615.