Cerasicoccus

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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{{Taxobox

| name =

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Verrucomicrobiota

| classis = Opitutae

| ordo = Puniceicoccales

| familia = Puniceicoccaceae

| genus = Cerasicoccus

| genus_authority = Yoon et al. 2007

| type_species = Cerasicoccus arenae

| type_species_authority = Yoon et al. 2007

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• C. arenae
• "C. fimbriatus"
• "C. frondis"
• "C. maritimus"

}}

Cerasicoccus is a Gram-negative, non-motile, obligately aerobic and chemoheterotrophic bacterial genus from the family Puniceicoccaceae.{{cite journal |title=Taxonomy of the genus Cerasicoccus Yoon et al. 2007 |year=2009 |doi=10.1601/tx.11369 |language=en|last1=Parker |first1=Charles Thomas |last2=Osier |first2=Nicole Danielle |last3=Garrity |first3=George M. |editor1-first=Charles Thomas |editor1-last=Parker |editor2-first=George M |editor2-last=Garrity }}{{cite book |last1=Parte |first1=Aidan |last2=Krieg |first2=Noel R. |last3=Ludwig |first3=Wolfgang |last4=Whitman |first4=William B. |last5=Hedlund |first5=Brian P. |last6=Paster |first6=Bruce J. |last7=Staley |first7=James T. |last8=Ward |first8=Naomi |last9=Brown |first9=Daniel |title=Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 4: The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes |date=4 February 2011 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-0-387-68572-4 |page=825 |language=en}}