paracoccus thiocyanatus paracoccus thiocyanatus paracoccus thiocyanatus is a coccoid bacterium. it utilises thiocyanate and is a facultative chemolithotroph. its type strain is thi 011t, and it is most related to paracoccus aminophilus. paracoccus thiocyanatus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: rhodobacterales family: rhodobacteraceae genus: paracoccus species: p. thiocyanatus binomial name paracoccus thiocyanatuskatayama et al., 1995