Agromonas

Agromonas
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: "Proteobacteria"
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Bradyrhizobiaceae
Genus: Agromonas
Type species
A. oligotrophica

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

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Etymology

The name Agromonas derives from:
Greek noun agros, a field; Greek feminine gender noun monas (μονάς / μονάδα), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; New Latin feminine gender noun Agromonas, field monad.[2]

Members of the genus Agromonas can be referred to as agromonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] namely A. oligotrophica [3] (Type species of the genus).; Greek adjective oligos (ὀλίγος)[4], little, small, few; New Latin feminine gender adjective trophica (from Greek feminine gender adjective trophikē (τροφική)[5]), nursing, tending or feeding; New Latin feminine gender adjective oligotrophica, eating low nutrients.)[6]

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". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590-2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590. ]
  2. ^ a b Agromonas entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590-2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590. ]
  3. ^ "Validation of the Publication of New Names and New Combinations Previously Effectively Published Outside the IJSB: List No. 17". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 35 (2): 223–225. 1985. doi:10.1099/00207713-35-2-223. 
  4. ^ ὀλίγος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at Perseus Project
  5. ^ τροφικός. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at Perseus Project
  6. ^ Ohta, H.; Hattori, T. (1983). "Agromonas oligotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing oligotrophic bacterium". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 49 (4–5): 429–446. PMID 6651288.  edit