''Alkalimonas'' is a genus in the phylum

Pseudomonadota Pseudomonadota (synonym Proteobacteria) is a major phylum of Gram-negative bacteria. The renaming of phyla in 2021 remains controversial among microbiologists, many of whom continue to use the earlier names of long standing in the literature. The ...

( Bacteria).

Etymology

The name ''Alkalimonas'' derives from: : New Latin noun ''alkali'' (from Arabic ''al''-''qaliy''), ashes of salt wort; Greek feminine gender noun '' monas (μονάς)'', nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; New Latin feminine gender noun ''Alkalimonas'', alkaline monad. Members of the genus Alkalimonas can be referred to as alkalimonads (''viz.'' Trivialisation of names).

Species

The genus contains 3 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely * '' A. amylolytica'' ( Ma ''et al''. 2007, (Type species of the genus).;: Greek noun ''amulon'', starch; New Latin adjective ''lyticus'' -''a'' -''um'' (from Greek adjective ''lutikos (λυτικός)'' -''ē'' -''on''), able to loose, able to dissolve; New Latin feminine gender adjective ''amylolytica'', starch dissolving.) * '' A. collagenimarina'' ( Kurata ''et al''. 2007, ; New Latin noun ''collagenum'', collagen; Latin adjective ''marinus'' -''a'' -''um'', of the sea, marine; New Latin feminine gender adjective ''collagenimarina'', collagenolytic bacterium isolated from the sea.) * '' A. delamerensis'' ( Ma ''et al''. 2007, ;: New Latin feminine gender adjective ''delamerensis'', pertaining to Delamere estates, which include Lake Elmenteita (the source of the type strain), Kenya.)

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Bacteria genera Gammaproteobacteria {{Gammaproteobacteria-stub

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