Acidomonas
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- phylum
- Pseudomonadota
- class
- Alphaproteobacteria
- order
- Rhodospirillales
- family
- Acetobacteraceae
- genus
- Acidomonas
Abstract
Acidomonas is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria). The genus contains single species, namely A. methanolica, formerly known as Acetobacter methanolicus
Etymology
The name Acidomonas derives from:Latin adjective acidus, sour, acid; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; New Latin feminine gender noun acidomonas, acidophilic monad. The specific epithet methanolica derives from New Latin neuter gender noun methanol, methanol; Latin suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; New Latin feminine gender adjective methanolica, relating to methanol. Members of the genus Acidomonas can be referred to as acidomonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).
Name
- Homonyms
- Acidomonas