''Aquicoccus'' is a

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...

and aerobic genus of bacteria from the family of

Rhodobacteraceae The Rhodobacteraceae are a family of Pseudomonadota in the order Rhodobacterales within the alpha subgroup.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Rhodobacteraceae Data extracted from the Like all Pseudomonadota, they are gram-negative. It contains chemo ...

with one known species ('' Aquicoccus porphyridii''). ''Aquicoccus porphyridii'' has been isolated from the alga '' Porphyridium marinum from''

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

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Rhodobacteraceae Bacteria genera Monotypic bacteria genera {{Rhodobacterales-stub