Name: Malonomonas Dehning and Schink 1990

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ma.lo.no.mo.nas. N.L. neut. n. acidum malonicum, malonic acid; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Malonomonas, malonic-acid-utilizing monad

Gender: feminine (stem: Malonomonad-)

Type species: Malonomonas rubra Dehning and Schink 1990

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dehning I, Schink B. Malonomonas rubra gen. nov., sp. nov., a microaerotolerant anaerobic bacterium growing by decarboxylation of malonate. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 151:427-433.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 34. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:320-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Pelobacteraceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Holmes et al. (2004) assigned this genus to the family Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004. Publication: Holmes DE, Nevin KP, Lovley DR. Comparison of 16S rRNA, nifD, recA, gyrB, rpoB and fusA genes within the family Geobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1591-1599.
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Geopsychrobacteraceae Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Matonomonas".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MOMN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Malonomonas rubra Dehning and Schink 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfuromonadaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Greene AC, Patel BK, Yacob S. Geoalkalibacter subterraneus sp. nov., an anaerobic Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing bacterium from a petroleum reservoir, and emended descriptions of the family Desulfuromonadaceae and the genus Geoalkalibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:781-785.

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