Name: Chitiniphilus Sato et al. 2009

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chi.ti.ni’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. n. Chitiniphilus, chitin-loving, referring to the substrate used for the isolation of this organism

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Chitiniphil-), khi-ti-NI-phi-lus

Type species: Chitiniphilus shinanonensis Sato et al. 2009

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Sato K, Kato Y, Taguchi G, Nogawa M, Yokota A, Shimosaka M. Chitiniphilus shinanonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel chitin-degrading bacterium belonging to Betaproteobacteria. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2009; 55:147-153. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 129. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2129-2130.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

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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