Phycicoccus
Genus of bacteria
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Phycicoccus is a genus of Gram positive, aerobic, non-endosporeforming bacteria. Species in this genus are mesophilic and have cells that are short rods or coccoid.[3]
| Phycicoccus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Micrococcales |
| Family: | Intrasporangiaceae |
| Genus: | Phycicoccus Lee 2006[1] |
| Type species | |
| Phycicoccus jejuensis Lee 2006 | |
| Species[2] | |
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The genus was first proposed in 2006. The type species P. jejuensis was first isolated from dried seaweed from a beach in South Korea. The genus name is derived from Latin phycos (seaweed) and coccus, referring to the source of the original isolate and the shape of the cells.[1] Other members of this genus have been initially isolated from air, soil, bark, and scoria.[3]
Species from this genus produce yellow, white, or cream-colored colonies on R2A agar. All species are mesophilic; most species cannot grow at temperatures above 35-37 °C. P. jejuensis is the only psychrotrophs.[4]
In 2018, several species were transferred to the genus Pedococcus.[5]