Trichococcus

Trichococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Lactobacillales
Family:	Carnobacteriaceae
Genus:	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

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]

References

1. "Genus: Trichococcus". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
2. 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. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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.