Dehalogenimonas

Dehalogenimonas is a genus in the phylum Chloroflexi (Bacteria). The name Dehalogenimonas derives from:Latin prep. de, away, off; New Latin noun halogenum, halogen; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), unit, monad; New Latin feminine gender noun Dehalogenimonas, dehalogenating monad, reflecting the ability of these bacteria to dehalogenate chlorinated alkanes. Members of the genus Dehalogenimonas can be referred to as dehalogenimonads (viz. Trivialisation of names). The type species of the genus is D. lykanthroporepellens ( Moe et al. 2009). The species epithet derives from the Greek noun lykanthropos (λυκάνθρωπος), werewolf; Latin participle adjective repellens, repelling; New Latin participle adjective lykanthroporepellens, repelling `werewolves, because compounds exhibiting a pungent garlic aroma are produced when these organisms grow in the presence of 1,2,3-trichloropropane as an electron acceptor and sulfide as a reducing agent, garlic being said to repel werewolves in some fiction literature.