Name: Dechloromonas Achenbach et al. 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.chlo.ro.mo’nas. L. prep. de, from; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green (chlorine); L. fem. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Dechloromonas, a dechlorinating monad

Gender: feminine (stem: Dechloromonad-)

Type species: Dechloromonas agitata Achenbach et al. 2001

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Achenbach LA, Michaelidou U, Bruce RA, Fryman J, Coates JD. Dechloromonas agitata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dechlorosoma suillum gen. nov., sp. nov., two novel environmentally dominant (per)chlorate-reducing bacteria and their phylogenetic position. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:527-533.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Rhodocyclaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Rhodocyclaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 887.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus [Dechlorimonas]. Publication: Bruce RA, Achenbach LA, Coates JD. Reduction of (per)chlorate by a novel organism isolated from paper mill waste. Environ Microbiol 1999; 1:319-329.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 4; DSM: 4.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dechloromonas agitata Achenbach et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Dechloromonas aromatica" Sharkady and Williams 2004	not validly published
    Dechloromonas denitrificans Horn et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dechloromonas hortensis Wolterink et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Dechloromonas occultata" Szeinbaum et al. 2020	not validly published
    "Candidatus Dechloromonas phosphoritropha" Petriglieri et al. 2021	not validly published
    "Candidatus Dechloromonas phosphorivorans" Petriglieri et al. 2021	not validly published
    Dechloromonas suillum Achenbach et al. 2001	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Azonexaceae Boden et al. 2017

Assigned by: Boden R, Hutt LP, Rae AW. Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1191-1205.

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