''Denitratisoma'' 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 ...
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Bacteria
Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...
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Etymology
The name ''Denitratisoma'' derives from:
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
pref. ''de''-, away from;
New Latin noun ''nitras'' -''atis'', nitrate;
Greek neuter gender noun ''soma (σῶμα)'', body;
New Latin neuter gender noun ''Denitratisoma'', a body that reduces nitrate.
Species
The genus contains a single species,
[ namely '' D. oestradiolicum'' ( Fahrbach ''et al''. 2006, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin noun ''oestradiol'', oestradiol; ]Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
neuter gender suff. -''icum'', belonging to; New Latin neuter gender adjective ''oestradiolicum'', belonging to oestradiol, referring to oestradiol utilization.)
See also
* Bacterial taxonomy
* Microbiology
Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, prot ...
References
Bacteria genera
Rhodocyclaceae
Monotypic bacteria genera
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