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Acidomonas

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Alphaproteobacteria

Family
  
Acetobacteraceae

Phylum
  
Proteobacteria

Order
  
Rhodospirillales

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Asaia, Gluconacetobacter, Gluconobacter, Acidiphilium, Acetobacter aceti

Acidomonas is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria). The genus contains single species, namely A. methanolica, formerly known as Acetobacter methanolicus

Etymology

The name Acidomonas derives from:
Latin adjective acidus, sour, acid; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς / μονάδα), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; New Latin feminine gender noun acidomonas, acidophilic monad.

The specific epithet methanolica derives from New Latin neuter gender noun methanol, methanol; Latin suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; New Latin feminine gender adjective methanolica, relating to methanol.

Members of the genus Acidomonas can be referred to as acidomonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).

References

Acidomonas Wikipedia