Paracoccus
P. yeei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodobacterales
Family:	Paracoccaceae
Genus:	Paracoccus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species and subspecies
See text
Synonyms[1]
Thiosphaera Robertson and Kuenen 1984

Paracoccus is a genus of bacteria in the family Paracoccaceae (previously in the family Rhodobacteraceae).^[2]

The following species have been effectively and validly published:^[1]

The following species have been published, but not validated according to the Bacteriological Code:^[1]

• "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

• Ludwig W, Mittenhuber G, Friedrich CG (1993). "Transfer of Thiosphaera pantotropha to Paracoccus denitrificans". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 43 (2): 363–367. doi:10.1099/00207713-43-2-363. PMID 8494744.
• Davis DH, Doudoroff M, Stanier RY, Mandel M (1969). "Proposal to reject the genus Hydrogenomonas: Taxonomic implications". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 19 (4): 375–390. doi:10.1099/00207713-19-4-375.
• Deb, Chirajyoti; Stackebrandt, Erko; Pradella, Silke; Saha, Anupama; Roy, Pradosh (June 2004). "Phylogenetically Diverse New Sulfur Chemolithotrophs of a-Proteobacteria Isolated from Indian Soils". Current Microbiology. 48 (6): 452–8. doi:10.1007/s00284-003-4250-y. PMID 15170243. S2CID 23453989.

• Garrity GM, Holt JG (2001). "Taxonomic Outline of the Archaea and Bacteria". In DR Boone, RW Castenholz (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. pp. 155–166. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.