Alkalimonas

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Alkalimonas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
"Proteobacteria"
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Genus:
Alkalimonas
Type species
Alkalimonas amylolytica

Alkalimonas is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1]

Etymology[]

The name Alkalimonas derives from:

New Latin noun alkali (from Arabic al-qaliy), ashes of salt wort; Greek feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; New Latin feminine gender noun Alkalimonas, alkaline monad.[2]

Members of the genus Alkalimonas can be referred to as alkalimonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species[]

The genus contains 3 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[2]

  • ( Ma et al. 2007, (Type species of the genus).;: Greek noun amulon, starch; New Latin adjective lyticus -a -um (from Greek adjective lutikos (λυτικός) -ē -on), able to loose, able to dissolve; New Latin feminine gender adjective amylolytica, starch dissolving.)[3]
  • ( Kurata et al. 2007, ; New Latin noun collagenum, collagen; Latin adjective marinus -a -um, of the sea, marine; New Latin feminine gender adjective collagenimarina, collagenolytic bacterium isolated from the sea.)[4]
  • ( Ma et al. 2007, ;: New Latin feminine gender adjective delamerensis, pertaining to Delamere estates, which include Lake Elmenteita (the source of the type strain), Kenya.)[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  2. ^ a b Alkalimonas entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  3. ^ a b "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (3): 433–434. 2007. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65052-0. PMC 5817221.
  4. ^ Kurata, A.; Miyazaki, M.; Kobayashi, T.; Nogi, Y.; Horikoshi, K. (2007). "Alkalimonas collagenimarina sp. Nov., a psychrotolerant, obligate alkaliphile isolated from deep-sea sediment". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (7): 1549–1553. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65084-0. PMID 17625192.


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