{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Dechloromonas | authority = Achenbach ''et al''. 2001 | type_species = ''Dechloromonas agitata'' | subdivision_ranks = Species }}
'''''Dechloromonas''''' is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).<ref>{{lpsn|classificationdl.html|Classification of Genera DL}}</ref>
==Etymology== The name ''Dechloromonas'' derives from:<br />Latin pref. ''de'', from; Neo-Latin noun ''chlorinum'' (from Greek adjective ''chlorōs'', green), chlorine; Neo-Latin pref. ''chloro''-, pertaining to chlorine; Latin feminine gender noun ''monas (μονάς)'', unit, monad; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun ''Dechloromonas'', a dechlorinating monad.<ref name=main>{{lpsn|d/dechloromonas.html|Dechloromonas}}</ref>
Members of the genus Dechloromonas can be referred to as dechloromonads (''viz.'' Trivialisation of names).
==Species== The genus contains 4 species, namely<ref name=main/> * ''Dechloromonas agitata'' <small>Achenbach ''et al''. 2001</small> (type species of the genus); Latin feminine gender participle adjective ''agitata'', excited, agitated, highly active.)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/51/2/527 |title=''Dechloromonas agitata'' gen. nov., sp. nov. And ''Dechlorosoma suillum'' gen. nov., sp. nov., two novel environmentally dominant (Per)chlorate-reducing bacteria and their phylogenetic position -- Achenbach et al. 51 (2): 527 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |access-date=2011-05-28 |archive-date=2008-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724122949/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/51/2/527 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''Dechloromonas aromatica'' <small>Cavalier-Smith 2002</small><ref>[https://archive.today/20130817164053/http://biocyc.org/DARO159087/NEW-IMAGE?type=ORGANISM&object=TAX-1224]</ref> * ''Dechloromonas denitrificans'' <small>Horn ''et al''. 2005</small>; Neo-Latin participle adjective ''denitrificans'', denitrifying.)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/3/1255 |title=''Dechloromonas denitrificans'' sp. nov., ''Flavobacterium denitrificans'' sp. nov., ''Paenibacillus anaericanus'' sp. nov. And Paenibacillus terrae strain MH72, N2O-producing bacteria isolated from the gut of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa -- Horn et al. 55 (3): 1255 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |access-date=2011-05-28 |archive-date=2010-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116115752/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/3/1255 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''Dechloromonas hortensis'' <small>Wolterink ''et al''. 2005</small>; Latin feminine gender adjective ''hortensis'', of or belonging to a garden.)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/5/2063 |title=''Dechloromonas hortensis'' sp. nov. And strain ASK-1, two novel (Per)chlorate-reducing bacteria, and taxonomic description of strain GR-1 -- Wolterink et al. 55 (5): 2063 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |access-date=2011-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529073412/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/5/2063 |archive-date=2010-05-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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