Macromonas
Genus of bacteria
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Macromonas is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).[1]
| Macromonas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Comamonadaceae |
| Genus: | Macromonas Utermöhl and Koppe 1924, genus. |
| Type species | |
| M. mobilis | |
Etymology
The name Macromonas derives from: : Greek adjective makros (μάκρος), large; Greek feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Macromonas, a large monad.[2] Members of the genus Macromonas can be referred to as macromonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).
Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[2]
- M. bipunctata ( (ex Gicklhorn 1920) Dubinina and Grabovich 1989, nom. rev.;: Latin adv. bis, twice; Latin feminine gender participle adjective puncta (from Latin v. pungo), pricked, punctured; Latin feminine gender suff. -ata, suffix denoting provided with; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective bipunctata, twice punctate.)[2]
- M. mobilis ( (Lauterborn 1915) Utermöhl and Koppe 1924, species. (Type species of the genus).;: Latin feminine gender adjective mobilis, movable, motile.)[2]
