Aidingimonas

Aidingimonas is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1]

Aidingimonas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
"Proteobacteria"
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Order:
Oceanospirillales
Family:
Halomonadaceae
Genus:
Aidingimonas
Type species
A. halophila

Etymology

The name Aidingimonas derives from: New Latin noun Aidingum, Aiding (a lake located in Xinjiang province of north-west China); and monas (μονάς), monad a unit, a monad; New Latin thus Aidingimonas, a monad from Aiding Lake.[2]

Members of the genus Aidingimonas can be referred to as aidingimonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] namely A. halophila ( Wang et al. 2009, type species of the genus); hals, halos (ἅλς, ἁλός), salt; and phila philē (φίλη)), friend, loving; thus halophila, salt-loving).[3]

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See also

References
  1. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.]
  2. Aidingimonas entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.]
  3. Wang, Y.; Tang, S. -K.; Lou, K.; Lee, J. -C.; Jeon, C. O.; Xu, L. -H.; Kim, C. -J.; Li, W. -J. (2009). "Aidingimonas halophila gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (12): 3088–3094. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.010264-0. PMID 19643876.


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