Dehalogenimonas

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Dehalogenimonas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Chloroflexi
Class:
Dehalococcoidetes
Genus:
Dehalogenimonas

Moe et al. 2009[1]
Type species
Dehalogenimonas lykanthroporepellens
Species

D. alkenigignens[1]
D. formicexedens[1]
D. lykanthroporepellens[1]

Dehalogenimonas is a genus in the phylum Chloroflexi (Bacteria).[2]

Etymology[]

The name Dehalogenimonas derives from:
Latin prep. de, away, off; New Latin noun halogenum, halogen; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), unit, monad; New Latin feminine gender noun Dehalogenimonas, dehalogenating monad, reflecting the ability of these bacteria to dehalogenate chlorinated alkanes.[3]

Members of the genus Dehalogenimonas can be referred to as dehalogenimonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species[]

The type species of the genus is D. lykanthroporepellens[3] ( Moe et al. 2009). The species epithet derives from the Greek noun lykanthropos (λυκάνθρωπος),[citation needed] werewolf; Latin participle adjective repellens, repelling; New Latin participle adjective lykanthroporepellens, repelling `werewolves, because compounds exhibiting a pungent garlic aroma are produced when these organisms grow in the presence of 1,2,3-trichloropropane as an electron acceptor and sulfide as a reducing agent, garlic being said to repel werewolves in some fiction literature.[4]

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Parte, A.C. "Dehalogenimonas". LPSN.
  2. ^ Classification of Genera DL 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. ^ Jump up to: a b Dehalogenimonas 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.
  4. ^ Moe, W. M.; Yan, J.; Nobre, M. F.; Da Costa, M. S.; Rainey, F. A. (2009). "Dehalogenimonas lykanthroporepellens gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a reductively dehalogenating bacterium isolated from chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (11): 2692–2697. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.011502-0. PMID 19625421.
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