''Aureicoccus'' 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 wa ...

, obligately

aerobic Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen. Aerobic may also refer to * Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensity * Aerobics, a form of aerobic exercise * Aerobic respiration, the aerobic process of cell ...

and

heterotrophic A heterotroph (; ) is an organism that cannot produce its own food, instead taking nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter. In the food chain, heterotrophs are primary, secondary and tertiary consumers, but ...

genus of bacteria from the family of

Flavobacteriaceae The family Flavobacteriaceae is composed of environmental bacteria. Most species are aerobic, while some are microaerobic to anaerobic; for example '' Capnocytophaga'' and ''Coenonia''. Genera The family ''Flavobacteriaceae'' comprises the f ...

with one known species (''

Aureicoccus marinus ''Aureicoccus'' is a Gram-negative, obligately aerobic and heterotrophic genus of bacteria from the family of Flavobacteriaceae The family Flavobacteriaceae is composed of environmental bacteria. Most species are aerobic, while some are m ...

''). ''Aureicoccus marinus'' has been isolated from seawater from the

North Pacific Ocean North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''no ...

References

Flavobacteria Bacteria genera Monotypic bacteria genera Taxa described in 2013 {{Bacteroidetes-stub