Paracoccus (bacterium)

Paracoccus is a genus of bacteria in the family Paracoccaceae (previously in the family Rhodobacteraceae).

Accepted species
The following species have been effectively and validly published:


 * Paracoccus acridae Zhang et al. 2016
 * Paracoccus aeridis Rai et al. 2020
 * Paracoccus aerius Xue et al. 2017
 * Paracoccus aerodenitrificans Zhang et al. 2023
 * Paracoccus aestuarii Roh et al. 2009
 * Paracoccus aestuariivivens Park et al. 2016
 * Paracoccus albicereus He et al. 2023
 * Paracoccus albus Zhang et al. 2023
 * Paracoccus alcaliphilus Urakami et al. 1989
 * Paracoccus alimentarius Kim et al. 2018
 * Paracoccus alkanivorans Zhang et al. 2020
 * Paracoccus alkenifer Lipski et al. 1998
 * Paracoccus aminophilus Urakami et al. 1990
 * Paracoccus aminovorans Urakami et al. 1990
 * Paracoccus amoyensis Lyu et al. 2021
 * Paracoccus angustae Sun et al. 2015
 * Paracoccus aurantiacus Ye et al. 2020
 * Paracoccus bengalensis Ghosh et al. 2006
 * Paracoccus caeni Lee et al. 2011
 * Paracoccus carotinifaciens Tsubokura et al. 1999
 * Paracoccus cavernae Dominguez-Moñino et al. 2016
 * Paracoccus chinensis Li et al. 2009
 * Paracoccus communis Poroshina et al. 2014
 * Paracoccus contaminans Kämpfer et al. 2016
 * Paracoccus denitrificans (Beijerinck and Minkman 1910) Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
 * Paracoccus endophyticus Zhang et al. 2019
 * Paracoccus everestensis Cui et al. 2022
 * Paracoccus fistulariae Kim et al. 2010
 * Paracoccus fontiphilus Sheu et al. 2018
 * Paracoccus haematequi Kämpfer et al. 2019
 * Paracoccus haeundaensis Lee et al. 2004


 * Paracoccus halophilus Liu et al. 2008
 * Paracoccus halotolerans Meng et al. 2019
 * Paracoccus hibisci Yan et al. 2017
 * Paracoccus hibiscisoli Lin et al. 2017
 * Paracoccus homiensis Kim et al. 2006
 * Paracoccus huijuniae Sun et al. 2013
 * Paracoccus isoporae Chen et al. 2011
 * Paracoccus kocurii Ohara et al. 1990
 * Paracoccus kondratievae Doronina and Trotsenko 2001
 * Paracoccus koreensis La et al. 2005
 * Paracoccus laeviglucosivorans Nakamura 2015
 * Paracoccus liaowanqingii Li et al. 2020
 * Paracoccus lichenicola Lang et al. 2023
 * Paracoccus limosus Lee and Lee 2013
 * Paracoccus litorisediminis Park et al. 2017
 * Paracoccus luteus Ming et al. 2020
 * Paracoccus lutimaris Jung et al. 2014
 * Paracoccus mangrovi Chen et al. 2017
 * Paracoccus marcusii Harker et al. 1998
 * Paracoccus marinaquae Xue et al. 2023
 * Paracoccus marinus Khan et al. 2008
 * Paracoccus methylovorus Timsy et al. 2022
 * Paracoccus methylutens Doronina et al. 1998
 * Paracoccus niistensis Dastager et al. 2012
 * Paracoccus nototheniae Kämpfer et al. 2019
 * Paracoccus onchidii Xu et al. 2024
 * Paracoccus onubensis Gutierrez-Patricio et al. 2021
 * Paracoccus pacificus Zhang et al. 2015
 * Paracoccus panacisoli Nguyen et al. 2015
 * Paracoccus pantotrophus (Robertson and Kuenen 1984) Rainey et al. 1999
 * Paracoccus rhizosphaerae Kämpfer et al. 2012
 * Paracoccus salipaludis Dong et al. 2018
 * Paracoccus saliphilus Wang et al. 2009
 * Paracoccus salsus Gao et al. 2022
 * Paracoccus sanguinis McGinnis et al. 2015
 * Paracoccus sediminicola Zhang et al. 2023
 * Paracoccus sediminilitoris Wei et al. 2019
 * Paracoccus sediminis Pan et al. 2014
 * Paracoccus seriniphilus Pukall et al. 2003
 * Paracoccus shanxieyensis Dong et al. 2023
 * Paracoccus simplex Doronina et al. 2020
 * Paracoccus solventivorans Siller et al. 1996
 * Paracoccus sordidisoli Singh et al. 2017
 * Paracoccus sphaerophysae Deng et al. 2011
 * Paracoccus stylophorae Sheu et al. 2011
 * Paracoccus subflavus Zhang et al. 2019
 * Paracoccus sulfuroxidans Liu et al. 2006
 * Paracoccus suum Heo et al. 2019
 * Paracoccus tegillarcae Lee et al. 2019
 * Paracoccus thiocyanatus Katayama et al. 1996
 * Paracoccus tibetensis Zhu et al. 2013
 * Paracoccus versutus (Harrison 1983) Katayama et al. 1996
 * Paracoccus xiamenensis Lyu et al. 2020
 * Paracoccus yeei corrig. Daneshvar et al. 2003


 * Paracoccus zeaxanthinifaciens Berry et al. 2003

Provisional species
The following species have been published, but not validated according to the Bacteriological Code:
 * "Paracoccus aquimaris" Kim and Lee 2015
 * "Paracoccus beibuensis" Zheng et al. 2011
 * "Paracoccus binzhouensis" Wang et al. 2021
 * "Paracoccus bogoriensis" Osanjo et al. 2009
 * "Paracoccus ferrooxidans" Kumaraswamy et al. 2006
 * "Paracoccus gahaiensis" Zhang et al. 2016
 * "Paracoccus indicus" Lin et al. 2019
 * "Paracoccus jeotgali" Kim et al. 2019
 * "Paracoccus maritimus" Yu et al. 2024
 * "Paracoccus mutanolyticus" Buddana et al. 2016
 * "Paracoccus oceanense" Fu et al. 2011
 * "Paracoccus pueri" Wang et al. 2018
 * "Paracoccus ravus" Yoon et al. 2019
 * "Paracoccus schoinia" Takaichi et al. 2006
 * "Paracoccus shandongensis" Gong et al. 2021
 * "Paracoccus siganidrum" Liu et al. 2013
 * "Paracoccus thiophilus" Doronina et al. 2002
 * "Paracoccus zhejiangensis" Wu et al. 2013