Genus Chitinimonas

Name: Chitinimonas Chang et al. 2004

Category, proposed as: genus, 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, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Chitinimonad-), k^hi-ti-NI-mo-nas

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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Chitinimonadaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Chitinimonadaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Li et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Burkholderiaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: 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. 🇨🇳
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chitinimonasis"; "Chitinomonas"; "Chitnimonas".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 6; DSM: 3; MCCC: 2; LMG: 2; CCRC: 1; JCM: 1; KACC: 1; CECT: 1; H: 1; BCRC: 1.

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: 8

• 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 violaceus" Huang et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    Chitinimonas viridis Joung et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chitinibacteraceae Chen et al. 2022

Assigned by: 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. 🇨🇦

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