Phycicoccus elongatus

Phycicoccus elongatus
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Intrasporangiaceae
Genus: Phycicoccus
Species:
P. elongatus
Binomial name
Phycicoccus elongatus
(Hanada et al. 2002) Nouioui et al. 2018
Type strain
Lp2T
JCM 11141T
DSM 14184T
Synonyms
  • Tetrasphaera elongata Hanada et al. 2002

Phycicoccus elongatus is a polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium. It is meso-diaminopimelic acid-containing, gram-positive, asporogenous oval- to rod-shaped and an aerobic chemoheterotroph.