Name: Chitinophagaceae Kämpfer et al. 2011

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Chi.ti.no.pha.ga.ce’a.e N.L. fem. n. Chitinophaga, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Chitinophagaceae, the Chitinophaga family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Chitinophaga Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Lodders N, 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.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1237-1238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Crenotrichaceae Hansgirg 1888 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 42
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 47
Total number of child taxa: 50

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Arachidicoccus Madhaiyan et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Arvibacter Chaudhary and Kim 2016	validly published	correct name
    Asinibacterium Lee et al. 2013	validly published	synonym
    Aurantisolimonas Liu et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Chitinophaga Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981	validly published	correct name
    Cnuella Zhao et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Compostibacter Siddiqi et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Crenotalea Hanada et al. 2014	validly published	synonym
    Deminuibacter Wang et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Dinghuibacter Lv et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Edaphobaculum Cao et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    "Edaphocola" Choi et al. 2019	not validly published
    Ferruginibacter Lim et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Filimonas Shiratori et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Flaviaesturariibacter Kang et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Flavihumibacter Zhang et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Flavipsychrobacter Liu et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Flavisolibacter Yoon and Im 2007	validly published	correct name
    Flavitalea Wang et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Gynurincola Zhang et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Haoranjiania Zhang et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Heliimonas Leandro et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Hydrobacter Eder et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Hydrotalea Kämpfer et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    "Ilyomonas" Chhetri et al. 2019	not validly published
    Lacibacter Qu et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Mucibacter Kim et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Nemorella Chaudhary et al. 2018	validly published, illegitimate name	synonym
    Nemorincola Chaudhary et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Niabella Kim et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Niastella Weon et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Niveitalea Hyeon et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Panacibacter Siddiqi et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Paracnuella Wang et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Parafilimonas Kim et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Paraflavitalea Heo et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Parapseudoflavitalea Lawson et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Parasediminibacterium Kang et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Parasegetibacter Zhang et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Pseudobacter Siddiqi and Im 2016	validly published	synonym
    Pseudoflavitalea Kim et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Puia Lv et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Rurimicrobium Dahal et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sediminibacterium Qu and Yuan 2008	validly published	correct name
    Segetibacter An et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    "Solibius" Kim et al. 2010	not validly published
    Taibaiella Zhang et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Terrimonas Xie and Yokota 2006	validly published	correct name
    Thermoflavifilum Anders et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Vibrionimonas Albert et al. 2014	validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Chitinophagales Munoz et al. 2017

Assigned by: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

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