Family Chitinophagaceae
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Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Chitinophagaceae Kämpfer et al. 2011, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Chitinophaga Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Chitinophaga, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Chitinophagaceae, the Chitinophaga family.
Valid publication: KÄMPFER (P.), LODDERS (N.) and FALSEN (E.): Hydrotalea flava gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the phylum Bacteroidetes and allocation of the genera Chitinophaga, Sediminibacterium, Lacibacter, Flavihumibacter, Flavisolibacter, Niabella, Niastella, Segetibacter, Parasegetibacter, Terrimonas, Ferruginibacter, Filimonas and Hydrotalea to the family Chitinophagaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 518-523.
Original article in IJSEM Online
