Albimonas

Albimonas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Proteobacteria"
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodobacterales
Family:	Rhodobacteraceae
Genus:	Albimonas
Type species
A. donghaensis

Albimonas is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

The name Albimonas derives from:
Latin adjective albus, white; Greek feminine gender noun monas (μονάς / μονάδα), monad, unit; New Latin feminine gender noun Albimonas, white monad.

Members of the genus Albimonas can be referred to as albimonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).

The genus contains a single species, namely A. donghaensis ( Lim et al. 2008, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin feminine gender adjective donghaensis, belonging to Donghae, where the organism was isolated.)

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