Alkalimonas
Alkalimonas is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Alkalimonas derives from:
 Neo-Latin noun alkali (from Arabic al-qaliy), ashes of salt wort; Greek feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Alkalimonas, alkaline monad.

Members of the genus Alkalimonas can be referred to as alkalimonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species
The genus contains 3 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 A. amylolytica ( Ma et al. 2007,  (Type species of the genus).;: Greek noun amulon, starch; Neo-Latin adjective lyticus -a -um (from Greek adjective lutikos (λυτικός) -ē -on), able to loose, able to dissolve; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective amylolytica, starch dissolving.)
 A. collagenimarina ( Kurata et al. 2007, ; Neo-Latin noun collagenum, collagen; Latin adjective marinus -a -um, of the sea, marine; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective collagenimarina, collagenolytic bacterium isolated from the sea.)
 A. delamerensis ( Ma et al. 2007, ;: Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective delamerensis, pertaining to Delamere estates, which include Lake Elmenteita (the source of the type strain), Kenya.)

See also
 Bacterial taxonomy
 Microbiology

References 

Bacteria genera
Gammaproteobacteria
Enigmatic bacteria taxa