dechloromonas dechloromonas dechloromonas is a genus in the phylum pseudomonadota (bacteria). dechloromonas scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: rhodocyclales family: azonexaceae genus: dechloromonas type species d. agitata etymology the name dechloromonas derives from:latin pref. de, from; neo-latin noun chlorinum (from greek adjective chlorōs, green), chlorine; neo-latin pref. chloro-, pertaining to chlorine; latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), unit, monad; neo-latin feminine gender noun dechloromonas, a dechlorinating monad. members of the genus dechloromonas can be referred to as dechloromonads (viz. trivialisation of names). species the genus contains 4 species, namely d. agitata ( achenbach et al. 2001, (type species of the genus).; latin feminine gender participle adjective agitata, excited, agitated, highly active.) d. aromatica( cavalier-smith 2002) d. denitrificans ( horn et al. 2005, ; neo-latin participle adjective denitrificans, denitrifying.) d. hortensis ( wolterink et al. 2005, ; latin feminine gender adjective hortensis, of or belonging to a garden.)