Genus Denitromonas

Name: Denitromonas (ex Orla-Jensen 1909) Reyes-Umana and Coates 2024

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: De.ni.tro’mo.nas. L. prep. de, from, of; N.L. masc. n. nitras, nitrate (gen. nitratis); N.L. pref. nitro-, pertaining to nitrate (in compound words); L. fem. n. monas, a unit; N.L. fem. n. Denitromonas, unit descending from nitrogen, which refers to the ability of all members from the genus to obtain energy through dissimilatory nitrate reduction to N 2 gas

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Denitromonad-), de-ni-TRO-mo-nas

Type species: Denitromonas iodatirespirans Reyes-Umana and Coates 2024

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Reyes-Umana VM, Coates JD. A description of the genus Denitromonas nom. rev.: Denitromonas iodatirespirans sp. nov., a novel iodate-reducing bacterium, and two novel perchlorate-reducing bacteria, Denitromonas halophila and Denitromonas ohlonensis, isolated from San Francisco Bay intertidal mudflats. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0091523. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 217. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6275.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Denitromonas" Orla-Jensen 1909.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; ATCC: 3.

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Denitromonas halophila Reyes-Umana and Coates 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Denitromonas iodatirespirans Reyes-Umana and Coates 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Denitromonas ohlonensis Reyes-Umana and Coates 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Zoogloeaceae Boden et al. 2017

Assigned by: Reyes-Umana VM, Coates JD. A description of the genus Denitromonas nom. rev.: Denitromonas iodatirespirans sp. nov., a novel iodate-reducing bacterium, and two novel perchlorate-reducing bacteria, Denitromonas halophila and Denitromonas ohlonensis, isolated from San Francisco Bay intertidal mudflats. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0091523. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 49295