Trichococcus is a mesophilic and psychrotolerant genus of bacteria from the family of Carnobacteriaceae.[3][1][4][5] Trichococcus bacteria have the ability to utilize sugars, sugar alcohols and polysaccharides.[6] Some species of Trichococcus species where transferred from the genera Lactosphaera and Ruminococcus.[2]

Trichococcus
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Trichococcus

Scheff et al. 1984[1]
Type species
Trichococcus flocculiformis[1][2]
Species

T. alkaliphilus[1]
T. collinsii[1]
T. flocculiformis[1]
T. ilyis[1]
T. paludicola[1]
T. palustris[1]
T. pasteurii[1]
T. patagoniensis[1]
T. shcherbakoviae[1]

Synonyms

Lactosphaera

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Genus: Trichococcus". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
  2. ^ a b Pikuta, Elena V.; Hoover, Richard B. (2 May 2014). "The genus Trichococcus". Lactic Acid Bacteria: 135–145. doi:10.1002/9781118655252.ch12. ISBN 9781118655252.
  3. ^ "Midas Field Guide". www.midasfieldguide.org.
  4. ^ "Trichococcus". www.uniprot.org.
  5. ^ Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M. (2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomy of the genus Trichococcus Scheff et al. 1984 emend. Liu et al. 2002". doi:10.1601/tx.5520 (inactive 1 November 2024). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
  6. ^ Vos, Paul; Garrity, George; Jones, Dorothy; Krieg, Noel R.; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Rainey, Fred A.; Schleifer, Karl-Heinz; Whitman, William B. (28 January 2011). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 3: The Firmicutes. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 586. ISBN 978-0-387-68489-5.