Carnimonas

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

Etymology
The name Carnimonas derives from:
 * Latin noun caro carnis, flesh, meat; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Carnimonas, a monad of meat.

Members of the genus Carnimonas can be referred to as carnimonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. nigrificans ( Garriga et al. 1998, (Type species of the genus).;: Latin participle adjective nigrificans, making black.)