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Dehalogenimonas

Genus of bacteria

Genus of bacteria

  • D. alkenigignens
  • D. etheniformans
  • D. formicexedens
  • D. loeffleri
  • D. lykanthroporepellens

Dehalogenimonas is a genus in the phylum Chloroflexota (Bacteria). Members of the genus Dehalogenimonas can be referred to as dehalogenimonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Etymology

The name Dehalogenimonas derives from: Latin prep. de, away, off; Neo-Latin noun halogenum, halogen; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), unit, monad; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Dehalogenimonas, dehalogenating monad, reflecting the ability of these bacteria to dehalogenate chlorinated alkanes.

The type species of the genus is D. lykanthroporepellens

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023120 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214 (28th April 2023).
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References

References

  2. (2009). "Dehalogenimonas lykanthroporepellens gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a reductively dehalogenating bacterium isolated from chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
  3. Sayers. "Dehalogenimonas". [[National Center for Biotechnology Information]] (NCBI) taxonomy database.
  4. "The LTP".
  5. "LTP_all tree in newick format".
  6. "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes".
  7. "GTDB release 08-RS214".
  8. "bac120_r214.sp_label".
  9. "Taxon History".
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