@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-49-1-277, author = "Tsubokura, Akira and Yoneda, Hisashi and Mizuta, Haruyoshi", title = "Paracoccus carotinifaciens sp. nov., a new aerobic Gram-negative astaxanthin-producing bacterium", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1999", volume = "49", number = "1", pages = "277-282", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-1-277", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-49-1-277", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Paracoccus carotinifaciens", keywords = "Proteobacteria", keywords = "carotenoid", keywords = "astaxanthin", keywords = "Paracoccus", abstract = "The strain E-396T, isolated from soil, was Gram-negative, aerobic, orangepigmented, rod-shaped, motile by peritrichous flagella and astaxanthin-producing. This organism produced carotenoids, mainly astaxanthin, and did not produce bacteriochlorophyll. The ubiquinone system was Q-10. Analysis of the 16S rRNA sequence of strain E-396T showed it to be a member of the α-3 subclass of the Proteobacteria, forming a cluster with the species of the genus Paracoccus. On the basis of the production of orange pigments and motility by peritrichous flagella, together with DNA-DNA reassociation data, it is concluded that the new isolate should be classified into a new species of the genus Paracoccus, Paracoccus carotinifaciens sp. nov. The type strain is E-396T (= IFO 16121T).", }