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Saccharococcus

Saccharococcus is a Gram-positive, aerobic, non-spore-forming, heterotrophic, thermophilic and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family Bacillaceae with one known species.

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Saccharococcus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Bacillaceae
Genus: Saccharococcus
Nystrand 19841
Type species
Saccharococcus thermophilus
Nystrand 1984
Species2

Saccharococcus is a Gram-positive, aerobic, non-spore-forming, heterotrophic, thermophilic and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family Bacillaceae with one known species (Saccharococcus thermophilus).13456

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)1 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).2

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024789 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220101112
Saccharococcus

S. thermophilus

Saccharococcus

S. caldoxylosilyticus Ahmad et al. 2000

S. thermophilus Nystrand 1984

References

References

  1. A.C. Parte; et al. "Saccharococcus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  2. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Saccharococcus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  3. "Saccharococcus". Www.uniprot.org.
  4. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (2008). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Saccharococcus Nystrand 1984". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.5053.
  5. Nystrand, Rolf (June 1984). "Saccharococcus thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. Isolated from Beet Sugar Extraction". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 5 (2): 204–219. Bibcode:1984SyApM...5..204N. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(84)80021-1.
  6. "Saccharococcus". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2015. pp. 1–3. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00542. ISBN 9781118960608.
  7. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  10. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  11. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  12. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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