Name: Chitinophagaceae Kämpfer et al. 2011

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: k^hi-ti-no-p^ha-GA-ke-a͡e, 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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Balneola Urios et al. 2006 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Gracilimonas Choi et al. 2009 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🚃 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chinophagaceae"; "Chitinonophagaceae"; "Chitnophagaceae"; "Chitonophagaceae".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bernardet JF, Bowman JP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 7 September 2011, Sapporo, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2752-2754. 🇫🇷
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP, Bernardet JF, Frandsen Lau E. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Aerobic Bacteroidetes (formerly Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6017-6020. 🇦🇺
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Aerobic Bacteroidetes (formerly Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria). Minutes of the open meeting, 10 July 2019, Glasgow, UK. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5966. 🇦🇺
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Siddiqi et al. (2016), Zhang et al. (2010), Dai et al. (2011), Lv et al. (2017), Siddiqi et al. (2021). 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: 99; KACC: 96; JCM: 87; DSM: 53; NBRC: 40; CCTCC: 36; LMG: 35; CGMCC: 28; GDMCC: 14; KEMB: 9.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 60
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 65
Total number of child taxa: 72

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Agriterribacter Lee and Whang 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arachidicoccus Madhaiyan et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aridibaculum Dong et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arvibacter Chaudhary and Kim 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Asinibacterium Lee et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aurantisolimonas Liu et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chitinophaga Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cnuella Zhao et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Compostibacter Siddiqi et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Crenotalea Hanada et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Cyanoraptor" Bethany et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Danxiaibacter Zheng et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Deminuibacter Wang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dinghuibacter Lv et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Edaphobaculum Cao et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Edaphocola Choi et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Endoryza Jiang et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ferruginibacter Lim et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Filimonas Shiratori et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flaviaestuariibacter corrig. Kang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flaviaesturariibacter Kang et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Flavihumibacter Zhang et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavipsychrobacter Liu et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavisolibacter Yoon and Im 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavitalea Wang et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Foetidibacter Pu et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Ginsengibacter" Siddiqi et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Gynurincola Zhang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Hanamia" Choi et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Haoranjiania Zhang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Heliimonas Leandro et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Huijunlia Wang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hydrobacter Eder et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hydrotalea Kämpfer et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ilyomonas Chhetri et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lacibacter Qu et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Limnovirga Yim et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Longitalea Li et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mucibacter Kim et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mycovorax Thai et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nemorella Chaudhary et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Nemorincola Chaudhary et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niabella Kim et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niastella Weon et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niveitalea Hyeon et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Panacibacter Siddiqi et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paracnuella Wang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parafilimonas Kim et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraflavisolibacter Yuan et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraflavitalea Heo et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraniabella Kim et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Parapseudoflavitalea Lawson et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parasediminibacterium Kang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parasegetibacter Zhang et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phnomibacter Siddiqi et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pinibacter Huq et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pollutibacter Liu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Polluticaenibacter" Ke et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    Polluticoccus Liu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudobacter Siddiqi and Im 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pseudocnuella" Maeng et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Pseudoflavitalea Kim et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Puia Lv et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhizosphaericola Kim et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rurimicrobium Dahal et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sediminibacterium Qu and Yuan 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Segetibacter An et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Solibius" Kim et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name
    Taibaiella Zhang et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrimonas Xie and Yokota 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoflavifilum Anders et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Vibrionimonas Albert et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Chitinophagales Munoz et al. 2017

Assigned by: Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Corrigendum to "Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov." [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 39 (5) (2016) 281-296]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:491-492. 🇪🇸

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