Name: Chitinimonas Chang et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chi.ti.ni.mo.nas. N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; L. fem. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Chitinimonas, a chitin-utilizing monad

Gender: feminine

Type species: Chitinimonas taiwanensis Chang et al. 2004

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chang SC, Wang JT, Vandamme P, Hwang JH, Chang PS, Chen WM. Chitinimonas taiwanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel chitinolytic bacterium isolated from a freshwater pond for shrimp culture. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:43-49.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 98. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1005-1006.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Kim et al. 2006 Kim BY, Weon HY, Yoo SH, Chen WM, Kwon SW, Go SJ, Stackebrandt E. Chitinimonas koreensis sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1761-1764. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00477 (N = 3).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chitinimonas arctica Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chitinimonas koreensis Kim et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chitinimonas lacunae Yang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chitinimonas naiadis Padakandla and Chae 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chitinimonas prasina Li et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chitinimonas taiwanensis Chang et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chitinimonas viridis Joung et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Burkholderiaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Li Y, Zhu H, Lai Q, Lei X, Chen Z, Zhang H, Tian Y, Zheng W, Zheng T. Chitinimonas prasina sp. nov., isolated from lake water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3005-3009.

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