| Acidomonas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodospirillales |
| Family: | Acetobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Acidomonas Uhlig et al. 1986) Urakami et al. 1989 |
| Type species | |
| A. methanolica | |
Acidomonas is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria). [1] The genus contains single species, [2] namely A. methanolica , formerly known as Acetobacter methanolicus [3]
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; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun acidomonas, acidophilic monad. [2]
The specific epithet methanolica derives from Neo-Latin neuter gender noun methanol, methanol; Latin suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective methanolica, relating to methanol. [2]
Members of the genus Acidomonas can be referred to as acidomonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).
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