| Paracoccus denitrificans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodobacterales |
| Family: | Paracoccaceae |
| Genus: | Paracoccus |
| Species: | P. denitrificans
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| Binomial name | |
| Paracoccus denitrificans Davis, 1969
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Paracoccus denitrificans, is a coccoid bacterium known for its nitrate reducing properties, its ability to replicate under conditions of hypergravity and for being a relative of the eukaryotic mitochondrion (endosymbiotic theory).