Genus of bacteria
Albimonas is a genus in the phylumPseudomonadota (Bacteria ).[ 1]
The nameAlbimonas derives from:Latin adjectivealbus , white;Greek feminine gender nounmonas (μονάς) , monad, unit;Neo-Latin feminine gender nounAlbimonas , white monad.[ 2]
Members of the genus Albimonas can be referred to as albimonads (viz. Trivialisation of names ).
The genus contains a single species,[ 2] namelyA. donghaensis ( Limet al . 2008, (Type species of the genus).;Neo-Latin feminine gender adjectivedonghaensis , belonging to Donghae, where the organism was isolated.)[ 3]
^ Classification of Genera AC inLPSN ;Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020)."List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ" .International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology .70 (11):5607– 5612.doi :10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 . ^a b Albimonas inLPSN ;Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020)."List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ" .International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology .70 (11):5607– 5612.doi :10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 . ^ Lim, J. -M.; Jeon, C. O.; Jang, H. H.; Park, D. -J.; Shin, Y. K.; Yeo, S. -H.; Kim, C. -J. (2008)."Albimonas donghaensis gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a non-photosynthetic member of the class Alphaproteobacteria isolated from seawater" .International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology .58 (Pt 1):282– 285.doi :10.1099/ijs.0.65429-0 .PMID 18175722 .