Defluviicoccus

Defluviicoccus
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.)

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