''Thiorhodococcus'' 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 ...
genus of bacteria from the family of
Chromatiaceae.
References
Chromatiales
Bacteria genera
Taxa described in 1998
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