Imhoff, Johannes F. (2015) Thiococcus. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. . Wiley, Chichester, p. 1. DOI 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01117.

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Abstract

Thi.o.coc' cus. Gr. n. thios sulfur; L. masc. n. coccus sphere; M.L. masc. n. Thiococcus sphere with sulfur.

Proteobacteria / Gammaproteobacteria / Chromatiales / Chromatiaceae / Thiococcus

Cells spherical, with diplococcus-shaped division stages, non-motile, multiply by binary fission. Gram negative, belong to the Gammaproteobacteria, and contain internal photosynthetic membranes consisting of bundles of ribbon-like branched tubes continuous with the cytoplasmic membrane. Individual cells colorless, color of cell suspensions is yellowish to orange-brown. Photosynthetic pigments are bacteriochlorophyll b and carotenoids.

The mol% G + C of the DNA is: 69.4–69.9.

Type species: Thiococcus pfennigii (Eimhjellen 1970) Imhoff, Süling and Petri 1998b, 1139 (Thiocapsa pfennigii Eimhjellen 1970, 193.)

Document Type:	Book chapter
Research affiliation:	OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB3 Marine Ecology > FB3-MS Marine Symbioses
Main POF Topic:	PT6: Marine Life
Publisher:	Wiley
Date Deposited:	14 Jan 2022 13:02
Last Modified:	14 Jan 2022 13:02
URI:	https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54876

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