The name
Acidomonas derives from:
Latin adjective
acidus, sour, acid;
Latin feminine gender noun
monas (μονάς), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium;
Neo-Latin feminine gender noun
acidomonas, acidophilic monad. The specific epithet
methanolica derives from
Neo-Latin neuter gender noun
methanol, methanol;
Latin suff. -
icus -
a -
um, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to;
Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective
methanolica, relating to methanol. Members of the genus
Acidomonas can be referred to as acidomonad (
viz. Trivialisation of names). ==See also==