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