Dechloromonas | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
Order: | Rhodocyclales |
Family: | Azonexaceae |
Genus: | Dechloromonas Achenbach et al. 2001 |
Type species | |
Dechloromonas agitata |
Dechloromonas is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria). [1]
The name Dechloromonas derives from:
Latin pref. de, from; Neo-Latin noun chlorinum (from Greek adjective chlorōs, green), chlorine; Neo-Latin pref. chloro-, pertaining to chlorine; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς) , unit, monad; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Dechloromonas, a dechlorinating monad. [2]
Members of the genus Dechloromonas can be referred to as dechloromonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).
The genus contains 4 species, namely [2]