Dechloromonas

Dechloromonas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodocyclales
Family:	Azonexaceae[1]
Genus:	Dechloromonas Achenbach et al. 2001
Type species
Dechloromonas agitata

Dechloromonas is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).[2]

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.[3]

Members of the genus Dechloromonas can be referred to as dechloromonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species

The genus contains 4 species, namely[3]

• D. agitata ( Achenbach et al. 2001, (Type species of the genus).; Latin feminine gender participle adjective agitata, excited, agitated, highly active.)[4]
• D. aromatica( Cavalier-Smith 2002)[5]
• D. denitrificans ( Horn et al. 2005, ; Neo-Latin participle adjective denitrificans, denitrifying.)[6]
• D. hortensis ( Wolterink et al. 2005, ; Latin feminine gender adjective hortensis, of or belonging to a garden.)[7]

References

1. Boden, R; Hutt, LP; Rae, AW (2017). "Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (5): 1191–1205. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001927. hdl:10026.1/8740. PMID 28581923.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. "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.
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6. "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.
7. "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.