Genus Chitinivibrio
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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").
Chitinivibrio Sorokin et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Chitinivibrio alkaliphilus Sorokin et al. 2014.
Etymology: N.L. n. chitinum, chitin; N.L. n. vibrio, that which vibrates; N.L. masc. n. Chitinivibrio, vibrio-shaped bacterium utilizing chitin as substrate.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 160. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 3603-3606..
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Effective publication: SOROKIN, D. Y., GUMEROV, V. M., RAKITIN, A. L., BELETSKY, A. V., DAMSTE, J. S., MUYZER, G., MARDANOV, A. V. and RAVIN, N. V. 2014. Genome analysis of Chitinivibrio alkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel extremely haloalkaliphilic anaerobic chitinolytic bacterium from the candidate phylum Termite Group 3. Environ. Microbiol., 16, 1549-1565.
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Chitinivibrio alkaliphilus Sorokin et al. 2014, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ACht1=DSM 24538=UNIQEM U887.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF304641.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: ASJR00000000.1.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkali, soda ash; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. adj. alkaliphilus, alkali-loving.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 160. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 3603-3606.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: SOROKIN, D. Y., GUMEROV, V. M., RAKITIN, A. L., BELETSKY, A. V., DAMSTE, J. S., MUYZER, G., MARDANOV, A. V. and RAVIN, N. V. 2014. Genome analysis of Chitinivibrio alkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel extremely haloalkaliphilic anaerobic chitinolytic bacterium from the candidate phylum Termite Group 3. Environ. Microbiol., 16, 1549-1565.
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