Carnimonas
Genus of bacteria
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Carnimonas is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).[2]
| Carnimonas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Oceanospirillales |
| Family: | Halomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Carnimonas Garriga et al. 1998[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. nigrificans | |
Etymology
The name Carnimonas derives from:
- Latin noun caro carnis, flesh, meat; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Carnimonas, a monad of meat.[3]
Members of the genus Carnimonas can be referred to as carnimonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).