Saccharococcus
{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}
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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgrey
| name = Saccharococcus
| domain = Bacteria
| regnum = Bacillati
| phylum = Bacillota
| classis = Bacilli
| ordo = Bacillales
| familia = Anoxybacillaceae
| genus = Saccharococcus
| genus_authority = Nystrand 1984
| type_species = Saccharococcus thermophilus
| type_species_authority =Nystrand 1984
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- S. caldoxylosilyticus
- S. thermophilus
}}
Saccharococcus is a Gram-positive, aerobic, non-spore-forming, heterotrophic, thermophilic and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae with one known species (Saccharococcus thermophilus).{{cite journal|title=Saccharococcus|website=Www.uniprot.org|url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/29395|language=en|url-access=}}{{cite journal|last1=Parker|first1=Charles Thomas|last2=Garrity|first2=George M|editor2-first=George M|editor2-last=Garrity|editor1-first=Charles Thomas|editor1-last=Parker|title=Nomenclature Abstract for Saccharococcus Nystrand 1984|journal=The NamesforLife Abstracts|doi=10.1601/nm.5053|language=en|year=2008}}{{cite journal|last1=Nystrand|first1=Rolf|title=Saccharococcus thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. Isolated from Beet Sugar Extraction|journal=Systematic and Applied Microbiology|date=June 1984|volume=5|issue=2|pages=204–219|doi=10.1016/S0723-2020(84)80021-1|bibcode=1984SyApM...5..204N }}{{cite journal|title=Saccharococcus|journal=Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria|pages=1–3|date=2015|doi=10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00542|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Ltd|language=en|isbn=9781118960608}}
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN){{cite web |author=A.C. Parte |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/saccharococcus |title=Saccharococcus |access-date=2025-02-28 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) |display-authors=et al.}} and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).{{cite web |author=C.L. Schoch |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=29395&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |title=Saccharococcus |access-date=2025-02-28 |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database |display-authors=et al.}}
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|last1=Kristjansson|first1=Jakob K.|title=Thermophilic Bacteria|date=1991|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9780849352393|language=en}}
- {{cite book|title=PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=9781259081361|language=en}}
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