Alkalimonas Explained

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

Etymology

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.

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

• A. amylolytica (Ma et al. 2007, (Type species of the genus).;: Greek noun amulon, starch; Neo-Latin adjective lyticus -a -um (from Greek adjective lutikos (λυτικός) -ē -on), able to loose, able to dissolve; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective amylolytica, starch dissolving.)^[1]
• A. collagenimarina (Kurata et al. 2007, ; Neo-Latin noun collagenum, collagen; Latin adjective marinus -a -um, of the sea, marine; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective collagenimarina, collagenolytic bacterium isolated from the sea.)^[2]
• A. delamerensis (Ma et al. 2007, ;: Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective delamerensis, pertaining to Delamere estates, which include Lake Elmenteita (the source of the type strain), Kenya.)^[1]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

Notes and References

1. 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 . 10.1099/ijs.0.65052-0. 5817221 . Oren . A. . Garrity . G. M. . 28891789 .
2. Kurata . A. . Miyazaki . M. . Kobayashi . T. . Nogi . Y. . Horikoshi . K. . Alkalimonas collagenimarina sp. Nov., a psychrotolerant, obligate alkaliphile isolated from deep-sea sediment . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 57 . 7 . 1549–1553 . 2007 . 10.1099/ijs.0.65084-0 . 17625192.