Etymology:N.L. fem. n.Chitinophaga, type genus of the type order Chitinophagales; L. neut. pl. n. suff.-ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n.Chitinophagia, the class of Chitinophagales
Effective publication:
Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296.
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 173. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1-3.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Emendations:
García-López et al. 2019
Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
Notes:
🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this class to the superclass "Bacteroidia" Cavalier-Smith 2020.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
🧕 Munoz et al. (2016) assigned this class to the phylum "Bacteroidetes" Krieg et al. 2010.Publication:
Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296.
🧒 Munoz et al. (2016) assigned the genus Chitinophaga Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981 to this class.Publication:
Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296.
🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Bowman JP, Hugo C, Nicholson A, Hahnke R, Lau EF, Holmes B, Sutcliffe I. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of aerobic Bacteroidota. Minutes of the online meeting 25 April 2023. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6144.
💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Munoz et al. (2016). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 91; JCM: 72; DSM: 51; NBRC: 36; LMG: 28; CGMCC: 24; NRRL: 7; CCUG: 7; ATCC: 6; IFO: 6.
🧍 Nomenclatural type changed from Chitinophagales Munoz et al. 2017 based on new Rule 22.Publication:
Oren A. Emendation of Rules 8, 15, 22, 25a, 30(3)(b), 30(4), 34a, and Appendix 7 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6070.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1 Total number of child taxa: 1