Trichococcus
{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}
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{{Taxobox
| domain = Bacteria
| phylum = Bacillota
| classis = Bacilli
| ordo = Lactobacillales
| familia = Carnobacteriaceae
| genus = Trichococcus
| genus_authority = Scheff et al. 1984{{cite journal |title=Genus: Trichococcus |journal=LPSN.DSMZ.de |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/trichococcus |language=en}}
| type_species = Trichococcus flocculiformis{{cite journal |last1=Pikuta |first1=Elena V. |last2=Hoover |first2=Richard B. |title=The genus Trichococcus |journal=Lactic Acid Bacteria |date=2 May 2014 |pages=135–145 |doi=10.1002/9781118655252.ch12|isbn=9781118655252 }}
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =T. alkaliphilus
| synonyms = Lactosphaera
}}
Trichococcus is a mesophilic and psychrotolerant genus of bacteria from the family of Carnobacteriaceae.{{cite journal |title=Midas Field Guide |website=www.midasfieldguide.org |url=https://www.midasfieldguide.org/guide/fieldguide/genus/5d9204f551820b0001611337}}{{cite journal |title=Trichococcus |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/82802}}{{cite journal |title=Taxonomy of the genus Trichococcus Scheff et al. 1984 emend. Liu et al. 2002 |year=2009|doi=10.1601/tx.5520|last1=Parker|first1=Charles Thomas|last2=Wigley|first2=Sarah|last3=Garrity|first3=George M.|editor1-first=Charles Thomas|editor1-last=Parker|editor2-first=George M|editor2-last=Garrity}} Trichococcus bacteria have the ability to utilize sugars, sugar alcohols and polysaccharides.{{cite book |last1=Vos |first1=Paul |last2=Garrity |first2=George |last3=Jones |first3=Dorothy |last4=Krieg |first4=Noel R. |last5=Ludwig |first5=Wolfgang |last6=Rainey |first6=Fred A. |last7=Schleifer |first7=Karl-Heinz |last8=Whitman |first8=William B. |title=Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 3: The Firmicutes |date=28 January 2011 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-0-387-68489-5 |page=586 |language=en}} Some species of Trichococcus species where transferred from the genera Lactosphaera and Ruminococcus.