Carnimonas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | "Proteobacteria" |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Oceanospirillales |
Family: | Halomonadaceae |
Genus: | Carnimonas |
Type species | |
C. nigrificans |
Carnimonas is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).
The name Carnimonas derives from:
Members of the genus Carnimonas can be referred to as carnimonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).
The genus contains a single species, namely C. nigrificans ( Garriga et al. 1998, (Type species of the genus).;: Latin participle adjective nigrificans, making black.)