Dechloromonas

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Dechloromonas
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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]

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Etymology

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).

Species

The genus contains 4 species, namely [2]

References

  1. Classification of Genera DL in LPSN ; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 .
  2. 1 2 Dechloromonas in LPSN ; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 .
  3. "Dechloromonas agitata gen. nov., sp. nov. And Dechlorosoma suillum gen. nov., sp. nov., two novel environmentally dominant (Per)chlorate-reducing bacteria and their phylogenetic position -- Achenbach et al. 51 (2): 527 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  4. "Dechloromonas denitrificans sp. nov., Flavobacterium denitrificans sp. nov., Paenibacillus anaericanus sp. nov. And Paenibacillus terrae strain MH72, N2O-producing bacteria isolated from the gut of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa -- Horn et al. 55 (3): 1255 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology". Archived from the original on 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  5. "Dechloromonas hortensis sp. nov. And strain ASK-1, two novel (Per)chlorate-reducing bacteria, and taxonomic description of strain GR-1 -- Wolterink et al. 55 (5): 2063 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology". Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2011-05-28.