Paracoccus thiocyanatus explained

Paracoccus thiocyanatus is a coccoid bacterium.^[1] It utilises thiocyanate and is a facultative chemolithotroph. Its type strain is THI 011^T, and it is most related to Paracoccus aminophilus.

Further reading

• van Verseveld, H.W. and Stouthamer, A.H. (1999). The Genus Paracoccus. The Prokaryotes. 3rd edition, release 3.0. Springer-Verlag, New York.

External links

• Type strain of Paracoccus thiocyanatus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Katayama. Y.. Hiraishi. A.. Kuraishi. H.. Paracoccus thiocyanatus sp. nov., a new species of thiocyanate-utilizing facultative chemolithotroph, and transfer of Thiobacillus versutus to the genus Paracoccus as Paracoccus versutus comb. nov. with emendation of the genus. Microbiology. 141. 6. 1995. 1469–1477. 1350-0872. 10.1099/13500872-141-6-1469. 7545513. free.