Carnimonas

Carnimonas is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).[1]

Carnimonas
Scientific classification
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Carnimonas
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.[2]

Members of the genus Carnimonas can be referred to as carnimonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] namely C. nigrificans ( Garriga et al. 1998, (Type species of the genus).;: Latin participle adjective nigrificans, making black.)[3]

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