Cerasicoccus arenae is a Gram-negative, obligately aerobic and non-spore-forming bacterium from the genus of Cerasicoccus which has been isolated from marine sand from Kamaishi.[1][2] Cerasicoccus arenae can produce carotenoid.[2]

Cerasicoccus arenae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Verrucomicrobiota
Class: Opitutae
Order: Puniceicoccales
Family: Puniceicoccaceae
Genus: Cerasicoccus
Species:
C. arenae
Binomial name
Cerasicoccus arenae
Yoon et al. 2007[1]
Type strain
YM26-026[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Species: Cerasicoccus arenae". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
  2. ^ a b c Yoon, Jaewoo; Matsuo, Yoshihide; Matsuda, Satoru; Adachi, Kyoko; Kasai, Hiroaki; Yokota, Akira (1 September 2007). "Cerasicoccus arenae gen. nov., sp. nov., a carotenoid-producing marine representative of the family Puniceicoccaceae within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', isolated from marine sand". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (9): 2067–2072. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65102-0. PMID 17766873.