Name: Chitinibacter Chern et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chi.ti.ni.bac’ter. N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Chitinibacter, rod that degrades chitin

Gender: masculine (stem: Chitinibacter-)

Type species: Chitinibacter tainanensis Chern et al. 2004

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chern LL, Stackebrandt E, Lee SF, Lee FL, Chen JK, Fu HM. Chitinibacter tainanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitin-degrading aerobe from soil in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1387-1391.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Chitinibacteraceae Chen et al. 2022. Publication: Chen S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures support division of the order Neisseriales into emended families Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae and three new families Aquaspirillaceae fam. nov., Chitinibacteraceae fam. nov., and Leeiaceae fam. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126251.
  • 🧕 Chen et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Chitinibacteraceae Chen et al. 2022. Publication: Chen S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures support division of the order Neisseriales into emended families Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae and three new families Aquaspirillaceae fam. nov., Chitinibacteraceae fam. nov., and Leeiaceae fam. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126251.
  • 🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). 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.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Sheu 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: DSM: 3; KCTC: 3; BCRC: 3; CCUG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chitinibacter alvei Yang et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chitinibacter bivalviorum Choi et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chitinibacter fontanus Sheu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Chitinibacter suncheonensis" Kim et al. 2012	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Chitinibacter tainanensis Chern et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chromobacteriaceae Adeolu and Gupta 2013

Assigned by: Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures for the order Neisseriales: proposal for division of the order Neisseriales into the emended family Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1-24.

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