aidingimonas aidingimonas aidingimonas is a genus in the phylum pseudomonadota (bacteria). aidingimonas scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: oceanospirillales family: halomonadaceae genus: aidingimonas type species a. halophila etymology the name aidingimonas derives from: neo-latin noun aidingum, aiding (a lake located in xinjiang province of north-west china); and monas (μονάς), monad a unit, a monad; neo-latin thus aidingimonas, a monad from aiding lake. members of the genus aidingimonas can be referred to as aidingimonads (viz. trivialisation of names). species the genus contains a single species, namely a. halophila ( wang et al. 2009, type species of the genus); hals, halos (ἅλς, ἁλός), salt; and phila philē (φίλη)), friend, loving; thus halophila, salt-loving).