Carnimonas

Carnimonas is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).^[2]

Carnimonas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Oceanospirillales
Family:	Halomonadaceae
Genus:	Carnimonas Garriga et al. 1998[1]
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.^[3]

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

Species

The genus contains a single species,^[3] namely C. nigrificans ( Garriga et al. 1998, (Type species of the genus).;: Latin participle adjective nigrificans, making black.)^[1]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology