Dechloromonas
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- phylum
- Pseudomonadota
- class
- Betaproteobacteria
- order
- Rhodocyclales
- family
- Azonexaceae
- genus
- Dechloromonas
Abstract
Dechloromonas is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).
Etymology
The name Dechloromonas derives from:Latin pref. de, from; New Latin noun chlorinum (from Greek adjective chlorōs, green), chlorine; New Latin pref. chloro-, pertaining to chlorine; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), unit, monad; New Latin feminine gender noun Dechloromonas, a dechlorinating monad. Members of the genus Dechloromonas can be referred to as dechloromonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).
Species
The genus contains 4 species, namely
D. agitata ( Achenbach et al. 2001, (Type species of the genus).; Latin feminine gender participle adjective agitata, excited, agitated, highly active.) D. aromatica( Cavalier-Smith 2002)http://biocyc.org/DARO159087/NEW-IMAGE?type=ORGANISM&object=TAX-1224 D. denitrificans ( Horn et al. 2005, ; New Latin participle adjective denitrificans, denitrifying.) D. hortensis ( Wolterink et al. 2005, ; Latin feminine gender adjective hortensis, of or belonging to a garden.)
D. agitata ( Achenbach et al. 2001, (Type species of the genus).; Latin feminine gender participle adjective agitata, excited, agitated, highly active.) D. aromatica( Cavalier-Smith 2002)http://biocyc.org/DARO159087/NEW-IMAGE?type=ORGANISM&object=TAX-1224 D. denitrificans ( Horn et al. 2005, ; New Latin participle adjective denitrificans, denitrifying.) D. hortensis ( Wolterink et al. 2005, ; Latin feminine gender adjective hortensis, of or belonging to a garden.)
Name
- Homonyms
- Dechloromonas
- Dechloromonas