Aureicoccus is a Gram-negative, obligately aerobic and heterotrophic genus of bacteria from the family of Flavobacteriaceae with one known species (Aureicoccus marinus).[1][2] Aureicoccus marinus has been isolated from seawater from the North Pacific Ocean.[2]

Aureicoccus
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Flavobacteriia
Order: Flavobacteriales
Family: Flavobacteriaceae
Genus: Aureicoccus
Park et al. 2013[1]
Type species
Aureicoccus marinus[1]
Species

A. marinus[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Genus: Aureicoccus". LPSN.
  2. ^ a b Park, Sanghwa; Yoshizawa, Susumu; Muramatsu, Yuki; Nakagawa, Yasuyoshi; Yokota, Akira; Kogure, Kazuhiro (1 May 2013). "Aureicoccus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae , isolated from seawater". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt_5): 1885–1890. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.045104-0.