Genus Chitiniphilus
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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").
Chitiniphilus Sato et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Chitiniphilus shinanonensis Sato et al. 2009.
Etymology: N.L. n. chitinum, chitin; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. n. Chitiniphilus, chitin-loving, referring to the substrate used for the isolation of this organism.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 129. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2129-2130.
Effective publication: SATO (K.), KATO (Y.), TAGUCHI (G.), NOGAWA (M.), YOKOTA (A.) and SHIMOSAKA (M.): Chitiniphilus shinanonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel chitin-degrading bacterium belonging to Betaproteobacteria. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 2009, 55, 147-153.
Validation List no. 129 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Chitiniphilus shinanonensis Sato et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: strain SAY3 = NBRC 104970 = NCIMB 14509.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB453176.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. shinanonensis, pertaining to Shinano, which is the old name of Nagano Prefecture, Japan (the source of water sample from which the type strain was isolated).
Valid publication: Validation List no. 129. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2129-2130.
Effective publication: SATO (K.), KATO (Y.), TAGUCHI (G.), NOGAWA (M.), YOKOTA (A.) and SHIMOSAKA (M.): Chitiniphilus shinanonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel chitin-degrading bacterium belonging to Betaproteobacteria. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 2009, 55, 147-153.
Validation List no. 129 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: In the effective publication, the type strain NCIMB 14509 is erroneously cited as NICMB 14509.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 129 (footnote ‡). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2129-2130.
Validation List no. 129 in IJSEM Online