Dechloromonas

The name Dechloromonas derives from:
Latin pref. de, from; New Latin noun chlorinum (from Greek adjective chlorōs, green), chlorine; New Latin pref. chloro-, pertaining to chlorine; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), unit, monad; New Latin feminine gender noun Dechloromonas, a dechlorinating monad.[3]

Members of the genus Dechloromonas can be referred to as dechloromonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).

The genus contains 4 species, namely[3]

• D. agitata ( Achenbach et al. 2001, (Type species of the genus).; Latin feminine gender participle adjective agitata, excited, agitated, highly active.)[4]
• D. aromatica( Cavalier-Smith 2002)[5]
• D. denitrificans ( Horn et al. 2005, ; New Latin participle adjective denitrificans, denitrifying.)[6]
• D. hortensis ( Wolterink et al. 2005, ; Latin feminine gender adjective hortensis, of or belonging to a garden.)[7]

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology