Dehalogenimonas is a genus in the phylum Chloroflexota (Bacteria).[1] Members of the genus Dehalogenimonas can be referred to as dehalogenimonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Dehalogenimonas
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Dehalogenimonas

Moe et al. 2009[1]
Type species
Dehalogenimonas lykanthroporepellens
Moe et al. 2009
Species

Etymology

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The name Dehalogenimonas derives from:
Latin prep. de, away, off; Neo-Latin noun halogenum, halogen; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), unit, monad; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Dehalogenimonas, dehalogenating monad, reflecting the ability of these bacteria to dehalogenate chlorinated alkanes.[1]

The type species of the genus is D. lykanthroporepellens[1] (Moe et al. 2009). The species epithet derives from the Greek noun lykanthropos (λυκάνθρωπος), werewolf; Latin participle adjective repellens, repelling; Neo-Latin participle adjective lykanthroporepellens, repelling `werewolves, because compounds exhibiting a pungent garlic aroma are produced when these organisms grow in the presence of 1,2,3-trichloropropane as an electron acceptor and sulfide as a reducing agent, garlic being said to repel werewolves in some fiction literature.[2]

Phylogeny

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The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[3]

16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023[4][5][6] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214 (28th April 2023).[7][8][9]

D. lykanthroporepellens Moe et al. 2009

D. alkenigignens Bowman et al. 2013

D. etheniformans Cui et al. 2023

D. formicexedens Key et al. 2017

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e J.P. Euzéby. "Dehalogenimonas". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  2. ^ Moe, W. M.; Yan, J.; Nobre, M. F.; Da Costa, M. S.; Rainey, F. A. (2009). "Dehalogenimonas lykanthroporepellens gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a reductively dehalogenating bacterium isolated from chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (11): 2692–2697. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.011502-0. PMID 19625421.
  3. ^ Sayers; et al. "Dehalogenimonas". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  4. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  6. ^ "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. ^ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ^ "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.