Name: "Chitinolyticbacter" Hao et al. 2011

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chi.ti.no.ly.tic.bac’ter. N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; N.L. adj. olytic -a, dissolving, used as subst. dissolver; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Chitinolyticbacter, rod that degrades chitin

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Chitinolyticbacter-), khi-ti-no-ly-tik-BAK-ter

Type species: "Chitinolyticbacter meiyuanensis" Hao et al. 2011

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Hao Z, Cai Y, Liao X, Liang X, Liu J, Fang Z, Hu M, Zhang D. Chitinolyticbacter meiyuanensis SYBC-H1T, gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitin-degrading bacterium isolated from soil. Curr Microbiol 2011; 62:1732-1738. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

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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