Imhoff, Johannes F. (2015) Thioflavicoccus. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. . Wiley, Chichester, p. 1. DOI 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01120.

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Abstract

Th.io.fla' vi.coc' cus. Gr. n. thios sulfur; L. masc. adj. flavus golden-yellow, beige; L. masc. n. coccus sphere; M.L. masc. n. Thioflavicoccus beige-yellow coccus with sulfur.

Proteobacteria / Gammaproteobacteria / Chromatiales / Chromatiaceae / Thioflavicoccus

Cells are spherical with diplococcus-shaped division stages, motile by flagella, multiply by binary fission. Gram negative; belong to the Gammaproteobacteria. Contain internal photosynthetic membranes of tubular shape. Photosynthetic pigments are bacteriochlorophyll b and carotenoids.

The mol% G + C of the DNA is: 66.5.

Type species: Thioflavicoccus mobilis Imhoff and Pfennig 2001, 109.

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 13:06
Last Modified:	14 Jan 2022 13:06
URI:	https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54879

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