Genus Chitinibacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Chitinibacter Chern et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Chitinibacter tainanensis Chern et al. 2004.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; N.L. masc. n. bacter from Gr. n. bakteron, rod; N.L. masc. n. Chitinibacter, rod that degrades chitin.
Valid publication: CHERN (L.L.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), LEE (S.F.), LEE (F.L.), CHEN (J.K.) and FU (H.M.): Chitinibacter tainanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitin-degrading aerobe from soil in Taiwan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1387-1391.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Chitinibacter alvei Yang et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TNR-14 = BCRC 17968 = DSM 22217 = LMG 25206.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ593907.
Etymology: L. gen. n. alvei, of/from the bed of a river, referring to the location from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: YANG (C.S.), SHEU (S.Y.), YOUNG (C.C.), ARUN (A.B.), CHENG (C.Y.) and CHEN (W.M.): Chitinibacter alvei sp. nov., isolated from stream water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1760-1764.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Chitinibacter fontanus Sheu et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) STM-7=BCRC 80923=LMG 29289=KCTC 42982.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LN890296.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. masc. adj. fontanus, of or from a spring or fountain.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: SHEU, S. Y., LI, Y. S., YOUNG, C. C. and CHEN, W. M. 2016. Chitinibacter fontanus sp. nov., isolated from a spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4262-4268.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Chitinibacter tainanensis Chern et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) S1 = BCRC 17254 = DSM 15459.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY264287.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. tainanensis, pertaining to Tainan, a town in Southern Taiwan, the origine of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: CHERN (L.L.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), LEE (S.F.), LEE (F.L.), CHEN (J.K.) and FU (H.M.): Chitinibacter tainanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitin-degrading aerobe from soil in Taiwan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1387-1391.
Original article in IJSEM Online