paracoccus paracoccus paracoccus is a genus of bacteria in the family rhodobacteraceae. paracoccus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: rhodobacterales family: rhodobacteraceae genus: paracoccusdavis 1969 (approved lists 1980) species and subspecies see text. synonyms thiosphaera robertson and kuenen 1984 species accepted species the following species have been effectively and validly published: paracoccus acridae zhang et al. 2016 paracoccus aeridis rai et al. 2020 paracoccus aerius xue et al. 2017 paracoccus aestuarii roh et al. 2009 paracoccus aestuariivivens park et al. 2016 paracoccus alcaliphilus urakami et al. 1989 paracoccus alimentarius kim et al. 2018 paracoccus alkanivorans zhang et al. 2020 paracoccus alkenifer lipski et al. 1998 paracoccus aminophilus urakami et al. 1990 paracoccus aminovorans urakami et al. 1990 paracoccus amoyensis lyu et al. 2021 paracoccus angustae sun et al. 2015 paracoccus aurantiacus ye et al. 2020 paracoccus bengalensis ghosh et al. 2006 paracoccus caeni lee et al. 2011 paracoccus carotinifaciens tsubokura et al. 1999 paracoccus cavernae dominguez-moñino et al. 2016 paracoccus chinensis li et al. 2009 paracoccus communis poroshina et al. 2014 paracoccus contaminans kämpfer et al. 2016 paracoccus denitrificans (beijerinck and minkman 1910) davis 1969 (approved lists 1980) paracoccus endophyticus zhang et al. 2019 paracoccus fistulariae kim et al. 2010 paracoccus fontiphilus sheu et al. 2018 paracoccus haematequi kämpfer et al. 2019 paracoccus haeundaensis lee et al. 2004 paracoccus halophilus liu et al. 2008 paracoccus halotolerans meng et al. 2019 paracoccus hibisci yan et al. 2017 paracoccus hibiscisoli lin et al. 2017 paracoccus homiensis kim et al. 2006 paracoccus huijuniae sun et al. 2013 paracoccus isoporae chen et al. 2011 paracoccus kocurii ohara et al. 1990 paracoccus kondratievae doronina and trotsenko 2001 paracoccus koreensis la et al. 2005 paracoccus laeviglucosivorans nakamura 2015 paracoccus liaowanqingii li et al. 2020 paracoccus limosus lee and lee 2013 paracoccus litorisediminis park et al. 2017 paracoccus luteus ming et al. 2020 paracoccus lutimaris jung et al. 2014 paracoccus mangrovi chen et al. 2017 paracoccus marcusii harker et al. 1998 paracoccus marinus khan et al. 2008 paracoccus methylutens doronina et al. 1998 paracoccus niistensis dastager et al. 2012 paracoccus nototheniae kämpfer et al. 2019 paracoccus pacificus zhang et al. 2015 paracoccus panacisoli nguyen et al. 2015 paracoccus pantotrophus (robertson and kuenen 1984) rainey et al. 1999 paracoccus rhizosphaerae kämpfer et al. 2012 paracoccus salipaludis dong et al. 2018 paracoccus saliphilus wang et al. 2009 paracoccus sanguinis mcginnis et al. 2015 paracoccus sediminilitoris wei et al. 2019 paracoccus sediminis pan et al. 2014 paracoccus seriniphilus pukall et al. 2003 paracoccus simplex doronina et al. 2020 paracoccus solventivorans siller et al. 1996 paracoccus sordidisoli singh et al. 2017 paracoccus sphaerophysae deng et al. 2011 paracoccus stylophorae sheu et al. 2011 paracoccus subflavus zhang et al. 2019 paracoccus sulfuroxidans liu et al. 2006 paracoccus suum heo et al. 2019 paracoccus tegillarcae lee et al. 2019 paracoccus thiocyanatus katayama et al. 1996 paracoccus tibetensis zhu et al. 2013 paracoccus versutus (harrison 1983) katayama et al. 1996 paracoccus xiamenensis lyu et al. 2020 paracoccus yeei corrig. daneshvar et al. 2003 paracoccus zeaxanthinifaciens berry et al. 2003 provisional species the following species have been published, but not validated according to the bacteriological code: "paracoccus aquimaris" kim and lee 2015 "paracoccus beibuensis" zheng et al. 2011 "paracoccus binzhouensis" wang et al. 2021 "paracoccus ferrooxidans" kumaraswamy et al. 2006 "paracoccus gahaiensis" zhang et al. 2016 "paracoccus indicus" lin et al. 2019 "paracoccus jeotgali" kim et al. 2019 "paracoccus lichenicola" lang et al. 2021 "paracoccus mutanolyticus" buddana et al. 2016 "paracoccus oceanense" fu et al. 2011 "paracoccus pueri" wang et al. 2018 "paracoccus ravus" yoon et al. 2019 "paracoccus schoinia" takaichi et al. 2006 "paracoccus siganidrum" liu et al. 2013 "paracoccus zhejiangensis" wu et al. 2013