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

Aidingimonas
Scientific classification
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Aidingimonas
Type species
A. halophila

Etymology

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The name Aidingimonas derives from: Neo-Latin noun Aidingum, Aiding (a lake located in Xinjiang province of north-west China); and monas (μονάς), monad a unit, a monad; Neo-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

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Classification of Genera AC in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
  2. ^ a b Aidingimonas in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
  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.