Name: Chitinivorax Chen et al. 2012

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chi.ti.ni.vo’rax. N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; L. adj. vorax, devouring, ravenous, voracious; N.L. masc. n. Chitinivorax, chitin-devouring

Gender: masculine (stem: Chitinivorac-)

Type species: Chitinivorax tropicus Chen et al. 2012

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen WM, Yang SH, Huang WC, Cheng CY, Sheu SY. Chitinivorax tropicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1086-1091.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1723-1724.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: [Betaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 518195
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