Trichococcus
Genus of bacteria
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Trichococcus is a mesophilic and psychrotolerant genus of bacteria from the family of Carnobacteriaceae.[3][1][4][5] Trichococcus bacteria have the ability to utilize sugars, sugar alcohols and polysaccharides.[6] Some species of Trichococcus species where transferred from the genera Lactosphaera and Ruminococcus.[2]
| Trichococcus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Lactobacillales |
| Family: | Carnobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Trichococcus Scheff et al. 1984[1] |
| Type species | |
| Trichococcus flocculiformis[1][2] | |
| Species | |
|
T. alkaliphilus[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Lactosphaera | |
