Genus Chitinispirillum
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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").
Chitinispirillum Sorokin et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Chitinispirillum alkaliphilum Sorokin et al. 2016.
Etymology: N.L. n. chitinum, chitin; Gr. n. spira, spiral; N.L. neut. n. Spirillum, a small spiral. N.L. neut. n. Chitinispirillum, a spirillum utilizing chitin as substrate.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66 (2016), 2463-2466.
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Effective publication: SOROKIN, D. Y., RAKITIN, A. L., GUMEROV, V. M., BELETSKY, A. V., SINNINGHE DAMSTÉ, J. S., MARDANOV, A. V., RAVIN, N. V. 2016. Phenotypic and genomic properties of Chitinispirillum alkaliphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic anaerobic chitinolytic bacterium representing a novel class in the phylum Fibrobacteres. Front. Microbiol. 7, 407.
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Chitinispirillum alkaliphilum Sorokin et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ACht6-1=DSM 24539=UNIQEM U893.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF304644.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: LDWW00000000.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkali, soda ash; N.L. adj. philum (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. adj. alkaliphilum, alkali-loving.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66 (2016), 2463-2466.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: SOROKIN, D. Y., RAKITIN, A. L., GUMEROV, V. M., BELETSKY, A. V., SINNINGHE DAMSTÉ, J. S., MARDANOV, A. V., RAVIN, N. V. 2016. Phenotypic and genomic properties of Chitinispirillum alkaliphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic anaerobic chitinolytic bacterium representing a novel class in the phylum Fibrobacteres. Front. Microbiol. 7, 407.
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