Macromonas

Macromonas
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: "Proteobacteria"
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Macromonas
Type species
M. mobilis

Macromonas is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1]

Etymology

The name Macromonas derives from: : Greek adjective macros (μάκρος), large; Greek feminine gender noun monas (μονάς / μονάδα), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; New 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; New Latin feminine gender adjective bipunctata, twice punctate.)[3] * M. mobilis ( (Lauterborn 1915) Utermöhl and Koppe 1924, species. (Type species of the genus).;: Latin feminine gender adjective mobilis, movable, motile.)[4]

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