Dechloromonas

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

Dechloromonas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodocyclales
Family:	Azonexaceae[1]
Genus:	Dechloromonas Achenbach et al. 2001
Type species
Dechloromonas agitata

Etymology

The name Dechloromonas derives from:
Latin pref. de, from; Neo-Latin noun chlorinum (from Greek adjective chlorōs, green), chlorine; Neo-Latin pref. chloro-, pertaining to chlorine; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), unit, monad; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Dechloromonas, a dechlorinating monad.^[3]

Members of the genus Dechloromonas can be referred to as dechloromonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species

The genus contains 4 species, namely^[3]

• D. agitata ( Achenbach et al. 2001, (Type species of the genus).; Latin feminine gender participle adjective agitata, excited, agitated, highly active.)^[4]
• D. aromatica( Cavalier-Smith 2002)^[5]
• D. denitrificans ( Horn et al. 2005, ; Neo-Latin participle adjective denitrificans, denitrifying.)^[6]
• D. hortensis ( Wolterink et al. 2005, ; Latin feminine gender adjective hortensis, of or belonging to a garden.)^[7]