tessaracoccus lapidicaptus tessaracoccus lapidicaptus tessaracoccus lapidicaptus is a facultatively anaerobic, gram-positive, non-spore-forming and non-motile bacterium from the genus tessaracoccus which has been isolated from the deep subsurface of the iberian pyrite belt from peña de hierro, spain. tessaracoccus lapidicaptus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: propionibacteriales family: propionibacteriaceae genus: tessaracoccus species: t. lapidicaptus binomial name tessaracoccus lapidicaptuspuente-sánchez et al. 2014 type strain cect 8385dsm 27266ipbsl-7