Defluviicoccus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | "Proteobacteria" |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Rhodospirillales |
Family: | Rhodospirillaceae |
Genus: | Defluviicoccus |
Type species | |
D. vanus |
Defluviicoccus is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).
The name Defluviicoccus derives from:
Latin noun defluvium, sewage; and coccus (from Greek kokkos (κόκκος), grain, seed), coccus; Defluviicoccus, a coccus from sewage.
The genus contains a single species, namely D. vanus ( corrig. Maszenan et al. 2005, (type species of the genus).; Latin vanus, empty, idle, referring to its staining behaviour.)