Genus Amantichitinum
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Amantichitinum Moß et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Amantichitinum ursilacus Moß et al. 2013.
Etymology: L. part. adj. amans –antis, loving; N.L. chitinum, chitin; N.L. neut. n. Amantichitinum, loving-chitin (bacterium).
Valid publication: MOß (K.S.), HARTMANN (S.C.), MÜLLER (I.), FRITZ (C.), KRÜGENER (S.), ZIBEK (S.), HIRTH (T.) and RUPP (S.): Amantichitinum ursilacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitin-degrading bacterium isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 98-103.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Amantichitinum ursilacus Moß et al. 2013, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IGB-41 = CIP 110167 = DSM 23761.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN994890.
Etymology: L. n. ursus, a bear; L. n. lacus, a lake; N.L. gen. n. ursilacus, of Bear Lake (Bärensee), a lake nearby Stuttgart, Germany, on the edge of which the strain was isolated.
Valid publication: MOß (K.S.), HARTMANN (S.C.), MÜLLER (I.), FRITZ (C.), KRÜGENER (S.), ZIBEK (S.), HIRTH (T.) and RUPP (S.): Amantichitinum ursilacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitin-degrading bacterium isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 98-103.
Original article in IJSEM Online