Albimonas
Genus of bacteria
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Albimonas is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).[1]
| Albimonas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodobacterales |
| Family: | Rhodobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Albimonas Lim et al. 2008 |
| Type species | |
| A. donghaensis | |
Etymology
The name Albimonas derives from:
Latin adjective albus, white; Greek feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), monad, unit; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Albimonas, white monad.[2]
Members of the genus Albimonas can be referred to as albimonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).
Species
The genus contains a single species,[2] namely A. donghaensis ( Lim et al. 2008, (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective donghaensis, belonging to Donghae, where the organism was isolated.)[3]