Macromonas

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Macromonas | authority = Utermöhl and Koppe 1924, ''genus''. | type_species = ''M. mobilis'' | subdivision_ranks = Species }}

'''''Macromonas''''' is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bacterio.net/-classifphyla.html#macromonas |access-date=19 February 2018 |title=Classification of domains and phyla |website=LPSN}}</ref>

==Etymology== The name ''Macromonas'' derives from: : Greek adjective ''makros (μάκρος)'', large; Greek feminine gender noun ''monas (μονάς)'', nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun ''Macromonas'', a large monad.<ref name=LPSN>{{cite web|url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/macromonas |access-date=19 February 2018 |title=Genus ''Macromonas'' |website=LPSN}}</ref> Members of the genus Macromonas can be referred to as macromonad (''viz.'' Trivialisation of names).

==Species== The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely<ref name=LPSN/> * ''M. bipunctata'' ( (''ex'' Gicklhorn 1920) Dubinina and Grabovich 1989, nom. rev.;: Latin adv. ''bis'', twice; Latin feminine gender participle adjective ''puncta'' (from Latin v. ''pungo''), pricked, punctured; Latin feminine gender suff. -''ata'', suffix denoting provided with; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective ''bipunctata'', twice punctate.)<ref name=LPSN/> * ''M. mobilis'' ( (Lauterborn 1915) Utermöhl and Koppe 1924, ''species''. (Type species of the genus).;: Latin feminine gender adjective ''mobilis'', movable, motile.)<ref name=LPSN/>

==See also== * Bacterial taxonomy * Microbiology

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Comamonadaceae Category:Bacteria genera