Aidingimonas

Aidingimonas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Proteobacteria"
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Oceanospirillales
Family:	Halomonadaceae
Genus:	Aidingimonas
Type species
A. halophila

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

Etymology

The name Aidingimonas derives from:
New Latin noun Aidingum, Aiding (a lake located in Xinjiang province of north-west China); Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς / μονάδα), monad a unit, a monad; New Latin feminine gender noun Aidingimonas, a monad from Aiding Lake.^[2]

Members of the genus Aidingimonas can be referred to as aidingimonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species

The genus contains a single species,^[2] namely A. halophila ( Wang et al. 2009, (Type species of the genus).; Greek noun hals, halos (ἅλς, ἁλός), salt; New Latin feminine gender adjective phila (from Greek feminine gender adjective philē (φίλη)), friend, loving; New Latin feminine gender adjective halophila, salt-loving.)^[3]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References

1. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
2. Aidingimonas entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
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.