Paracoccus carotinifaciens
| Paracoccus carotinifaciens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodobacterales |
| Family: | Paracoccaceae |
| Genus: | Paracoccus |
| Species: | P. carotinifaciens |
| Binomial name | |
| Paracoccus carotinifaciens Tsubokura et al., 1999 | |
Paracoccus carotinifaciens is an aerobic gram-negative bacterium which belongs to the Proteobacteria class. This micro-organism is naturally found in aquatic soils. It generates a wide sprectrum of carotenoids from the xanthophyll group.
This species was identified in 1999 in Japan and admitted as Paracoccus carotinifaciens by the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes.