| Paracoccus carotinifaciens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodobacterales |
| Family: | Paracoccaceae |
| Genus: | Paracoccus |
| Species: | P. carotinifaciens
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| Binomial name | |
| Paracoccus carotinifaciens Tsubokura et al., 1999
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Paracoccus carotinifaciens is an aerobic gram-negative bacterium which belongs to the Proteobacteria class. This micro-organism is naturally found in aquatic soils.[1] It generates a wide sprectrum of carotenoids from the xanthophyll group.
This species was identified in 1999[1] in Japan and admitted as Paracoccus carotinifaciens by the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes.
- ^ a b Tsubokura, Akira; Yoneda, Hisashi; Mizuta, Haruyoshi (1999-01-01). "Paracoccus carotinifaciens sp. nov., a new aerobic Gram-negative astaxanthin-producing bacterium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 49 (1): 277–282. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-1-277. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 10028273.