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Genus Chitinivorax
Name: Chitinivorax Chen et al. 2012
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, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Chitinivorac-), khi-ti-NI-wo-raks
Type species: Chitinivorax tropicus Chen et al. 2012
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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. 
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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
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Chitinivorax tropicus Chen et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: [Betaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 518195
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