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

Alkalimonas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
incertae sedis
Genus:
Alkalimonas
Type species
Alkalimonas amylolytica

Etymology

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The name Alkalimonas derives from:

Neo-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; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Alkalimonas, alkaline monad.[2]

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

Species

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Classification of Genera AC 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. ^ a b Alkalimonas 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. ^ a b Oren, A.; Garrity, G. M. (2007). "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (3): 433–434. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65052-0. PMC 5817221. PMID 28891789.
  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.